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In between, Hamburg's mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) - at least for his circumstances - was briefly annoyed.
As a talk show host, Markus Lanz had repeatedly asked him about incidents at the Heinrich Hertz School, where a major coronavirus outbreak had occurred last autumn.
And according to the number of air purifiers in Hamburg.
All topics that Tschentscher worked on long ago.
He much preferred to talk about the falling curve of new infections in Hamburg, which approaches 100 in terms of the incidence value from above and thus looks much better than that of Tübingen, for example, which is showing an upward trend.
Boris Palmer defended his strategy
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And so the far more interesting section in the Lanz talk show on Tuesday evening was when Tschentscher and the mayor of Tübingen Boris Palmer (Greens), who was also present, exchanged views on developments in the two cities. Tschentscher doubted Palmer's view that he had a success story to show with his strategy of opening trade and catering and the numerous quick tests, which has now been interrupted by the requirements of the nationwide Infection Protection Act. Both politicians looked at the same graphic with the other talk show guests and saw different things - Palmer a straight line and in it the proof of his strategy, Tschentscher an ascending one. But then there was agreementthat the Hamburg incidence line is falling and that this should also be an effect of the curfew that has been in effect since Friday. Lanz even outed Palmer, referring to a background discussion, as a supporter of this controversial measure; In any case, there were some sections in the program in which Tschentscher could hardly save from praise for his actions from all mouths.
Palmer, who at some point got on the defensive, finally warned against restricting himself to just one strategy against the pandemic across Germany with the new Infection Protection Act.
“We're all doing the same thing now.
The question is: is that good?
If the strategy doesn't work, we have nothing else ”.
Tschentscher was also very interested in the results of accompanying scientific studies for the Tübingen model, but he was more concerned with intellectually penetrating its supposed failure.
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On the other hand, there was agreement in the criticism of Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU), who would like to abolish the previous vaccination prioritization at an early stage. “Mr Söder probably thinks that it is popular to tell everyone: You will get vaccine. If you now vaccinate 30-year-olds who do not have any particular risks, then unfortunately you run the risk that a 60- or 70-year-old will die for it, ”says Palmer. Tschentscher said that one should not orientate oneself on the “gut feeling of politicians”, but on recommendations from experts. In any case, Hamburg will not behave in the same way as Bavaria: “We have had good experience not directly doing what Mr. Söder does in Bavaria. We can see that in the incidence figures. Of course we do what makes sense, "says Tschentscher,who then no longer had to talk about the previous situation at the schools.