🇩🇪🦠 Wow. In a frank & at times emotional presentation, the head of Germany’s CDC, Lothar Wieler, urges politicians to get real amid the country’s Covid surge. Excerpts:
“We are heading for a serious emergency situation. If we don’t act now, we will have a horrible Christmas.”
“We are heading for a serious emergency situation. If we don’t act now, we will have a horrible Christmas.”
“We have too many people who are not vaccinated.”
“We should not allow people who do not want to get vaccinated the opportunity to forego getting vaccinated, for example through testing.”
“We should not allow people who do not want to get vaccinated the opportunity to forego getting vaccinated, for example through testing.”
Re elder care homes: “It is naive to think that these people can be protected amid high incidence rates. That is not possible. Please forget this naive thought.”
“Clubs and bars are hotspots. In my opinion they need to be closed.”
“We have opened up too quickly in too many areas.”
“We have opened up too quickly in too many areas.”
“Pharmacists should be allowed to vaccinate.”
“Basic measures like social distancing, masking etc must be kept up everywhere, otherwise we will not be able to control the situation due to our our low vaccination rate.”
“Basic measures like social distancing, masking etc must be kept up everywhere, otherwise we will not be able to control the situation due to our our low vaccination rate.”
“I am not mincing words, but after 21 months I simply can’t take it anymore that people may not comprehend what I and many other colleagues are saying.”
Full video in German (Wieler at ca. 17:00)
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