Karl Lauterbach apparently does not want to go down in the history books as the cassandra of German corona policy.
From Lauterbach’s point of view, Germany was on the verge of collapse, especially before he took office as Minister of Health, thanks to a lack of, too late or half-hearted measures so far with every corona autumn wave, so this time it sounds happily different.
He is confident “that we will have Corona under control”.
Germany has never been as well prepared for the pandemic as it is now.
Lauterbach did not have to add specifically who the country owes this good news to, before the start of a winter of discontent – thanks to Putin.
And he modestly classifies “other crises as more important”.
So that the energy crisis fought with the "double boom" of his boss is not intensified by a new corona crisis with many sick leave, the SPD doctor has to rely on the federal states.
Thanks to the new Infection Protection Act, they now have it in their hands to impose a mask requirement indoors, depending on the situation.
Or not.
One would have liked to hear from Lauterbach, who was once so critical, why masks must continue to be worn in long-distance and local transport, but not on airplanes and at mass events such as the Oktoberfest.
The virus celebrates there in the beer tent and nobody cares.
Especially not Soeder.
He used to be Cassandra too.