The Federal President is right, so right. We have been experiencing a human catastrophe, day after day, for almost two years. Behind every single victim, fatality that Corona causes – no, does not claim – there are many, many other people. Family members, relatives, friends. They all suffer too. But there would not have to be so many for so long if we only wanted to act in solidarity. As a community, according to this concept. You can’t say, write, or explain that often enough.
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How to act in that sense? By getting more, more and more, the necessary vaccination protection; urgently, as self-protection and public protection. And by reducing their contacts more, more, and more at the same time. Not by phone or email, but the physical ones, wherever possible, at work anyway, and in private, if there are too many.
Children ask if they can still meet their friends
We all know how it’s done, we’ve already lived through it. For months. And it’s already happening, as a consolation. Many have long since noticed it in their private lives: Meetings and events are being canceled everywhere, every appointment, every trip, every appointment is literally put to the test, at home and at work. Even the children ask if it is still possible for them to meet their friends.
In addition, many citizens accept the unreasonable demands that it can mean to receive a booster vaccination. The pictures and reports of those who wait for hours in seemingly endless lines are impressive – and touch those who are impressed. Hopefully.
Those, in turn, are those to whom patient explanations make sense. And they see that action is taking place. That is currently the greatest requirement for politicians: politicians have to work over and over again to react quickly to the incredibly vital virus.
Karl Lauterbach could head the crisis team
So it is time for the promised interdisciplinary crisis team in the Chancellery consisting of virologists, epidemiologists, sociologists, psychologists – high time. Karl Lauterbach could then really lead it. After all, it is a voice that is heard. Beyond talk shows.
A lot happens, including good things, that have to be appreciated. In federal politics, which endeavors to take quick, appropriate, differentiated measures. And in the countries that can do what they think is right. The incidence range in Germany ranges from 150 to 1200, which speaks for regional differences in treatment. The new government is right: The wave does not hit the bank everywhere at the same time, in Schleswig-Holstein differently than in Bavaria.
But it will take some time before successes become visible. The backlog of vaccinations, the delay in reporting the infected at all points – changing that doesn’t happen overnight. The traffic lights can also only switch to free travel. In three weeks, experts say, things will be considerably better in Saxony as well.
That means: We have to keep our nerves in the face of all alarms. Just now. The old people’s homes should all be boosted by now. And one percent of the population is added every day. But it also means striving for further solutions with a cool head.
One could be to really act unbureaucratically now, at all levels. For example, to use the weekends to vaccinate: Every community, every doctor, the Bundeswehr, the THW, the police and the regulatory authorities should be involved in the organization and vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate, boost, boost, boost on Saturday and Sunday. We owe it to ourselves, to each other, to society as a community. It is not even pathetic, but only right when the Federal President writes to all of us: “It’s about your health and the health of your fellow human beings. It’s about the future of our country. “
