The relationship between Lothar Wieler, the head of the RKI, and Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach has not seemed to be the best for weeks.
Since there was no trace of such dissonance under Jens Spahn, the suspicion arises that the new head of the Ministry of Health is not lucky in this regard.
It may be that two scientists meet here who don't want to have their butter taken off their bread.
But the real reason is the distribution of roles between politics and science, the tension of which has been discharged by the abruptly changed status of those who have recovered.
However, the conflict only arose because the authority to adopt a new rule had been carelessly delegated from the ministry to the RKI.
Well meant does not equal well done
That was well intentioned (it's faster), but badly done (the RKI acts without political stipulations).
Lauterbach's insight that he has to be held accountable for decisions he didn't make comes far too late.
(By the way: That's just how it is when you're a minister, because you probably can't do it without delegating.)
The fact that Wieler is now being "disempowered" because Lauterbach wants to curtail the RKI's competencies again is the receipt for a messed-up decision.
It could have even greater consequences for Lauterbach.
Because the much scolded countries rightly ask themselves whether they would not have done everything much better.