In the “Welt-Interview”, virologist Hendrik Streeck criticizes the federal government’s new plans for the Infection Protection Act. “I’m kind of wondering what that’s supposed to look like,” he said.
Above all, the corona expert is unsure whether the federal government is acting correctly with regard to state policy. The reason: There are no clear guidelines as to how and when the individual state governments should react to infection situations. There are fears that different measures will be spread across the state like patchwork quilts for the third time in a row. In addition, there could be an outbidding competition. The background is that the federal states can take individual and optional measures in the new draft.
Streeck also criticized the planned mask requirement in schools. Studies are “in disagreement as to whether compulsory masks in schools have any effect at all,” said the virologist. Streeck also pointed out that the children also meet privately, then do not wear masks and keep their distance even less than at school.
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