Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Ministry of Social Affairs has published daily figures on the spread of the coronavirus in Hesse. Day after day. That is commendable. Because it creates the necessary transparency. At the request of the outside world, the ministry now publishes its corona update before noon and not in the early afternoon as it was at the beginning. That is also to be commended. It thus serves the public thirst for knowledge. And barrier-free, as it is called in modern German. Those who take this for granted have little experience with persistent bureaucrats when in doubt.
Less to be praised, however, is a delay in the corona updates of the past few weeks: under the "daily updated" numbers, only the numbers from the previous day can be found for intensive bed occupancy.
Of all things.
The number is one of the two central benchmarks for the country's corona policy.
After the corona updates have been published
The ministry, however, gives the hospitalization incidence up-to-date on a daily basis.
Logically, it must also know the latest data on bed occupancy.
Otherwise the value would also be out of date.
In fact, the ministry always has the relevant data throughout the day.
However, they only come in after the update has been published on his website, as it is called.
However, that cannot be a reason to be one day behind with these data.
Online documents can be updated immediately.
This is also necessary in the case of the Corona update.
In the sense of transparency.
In addition to thoroughness, it also requires speed in action.
The fact that, in the light of the long-exceeded threshold of 200 for intensive care bed occupancy, new protection rules will apply from this Thursday does not change this.