20, 35 or 50? Not expedient !: Berlin medical officers call for a move away from easing the incidence value – Berlin

Berlin’s medical officers are calling for loosening to be no longer linked to general incidence values. It is “not expedient to link containment measures to incidences of 20/35/50”, according to a statement from all twelve medical officers, which is available exclusively to the Tagesspiegel.

 The  paper was sent to the Senate Chancellery over the weekend. In preparation for the Prime Minister’s Conference on March 3, work is currently underway there on opening scenarios. “

 The se incidences do not reflect the real infection process,” write the medical officers.

 The y are dependent on test capacities and people’s willingness to test. “This leads to fluctuations that do not reflect the infectious situation.”

It makes a difference whether incidences are caused by cluster outbreaks or widespread contamination and also which age groups are infected, argue the doctors. Instead, they suggest aligning measures with the possible consequences of an illness.

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 The y want “intensive measures of infection prevention” for the elderly and the sick and, at the same time, a moderation of the measures for other groups such as school children.

 The refore, an incidence analysis based on age cohorts is to be created as an “early warning system” in the future.

 The  age group for which the incidence applies is decisive

From the circle of medical officers it was said that there was a huge difference whether there was a seven-day incidence of 50, all infected children were symptom-free children and those over 80 years of age had already been vaccinated, or whether at an incidence of 50 risk groups were primarily affected be. Accordingly, one would also have to adjust the political measures accordingly.

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So-called “NoCovid” strategies, as developed by leading scientists, are sharply criticized by the medical officers. It is said that these “do not do justice to the realities of life”.

 The se models would completely ignore other public health issues.

 The  heads of the district health authorities are also calling on the Senate to provide financial resources to provide information “in particular on the scientific status of vaccinations”. A high level of vaccination coverage is “a crucial pillar” in order to be able to afford relaxation.

On Monday in Berlin, as in many other federal states, grades one to three will be the first to return to face-to-face classes. However, the compulsory attendance is suspended, the lessons take place in an alternating model.

 The  incidence in Berlin has not fallen for days, but has stagnated. On Sunday it was 56.5 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within one week.