Posted on 04/15/2020 10:06:30 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A leading German epidemiologist who predicted the coronavirus crisis in Europe is now calling for governments to end the lockdown.
Prof Alexander Kekulé warned the virus was about to engulf Europe and publicly urged Angela Merkel’s government to start screening international travellers as early as January.
But he now believes the lockdown is in danger of going on too long and causing more damage than the virus, and has drawn up a plan for how it can be safely lifted.
“It’s impossible to wait for a vaccine,” Prof Kekulé told The Telegraph. “The quickest we could have a vaccine ready is in six months. Based on experience, I’d say the reality is closer to a year. We can’t stay under lockdown for six months to a year. If we did that our society and our culture would be ruined.”
Prof Kekulé, the head of microbiology at Halle University, has been the Cassandra of Germany’s coronavirus crisis. As early as January 22, he called for travellers to be tested for the virus at airports and borders. He appeared on national television, but his warnings fell on deaf ears. Now the world is in the grip of a widespread pandemic:
“If we had started testing and following the chains of infection in January, we could have contained the epidemic here without resorting to a lockdown,” he says. “If you can get to people by the time they’ve infected 20 people you can stop it. But by the time it’s 400, there’s no chance.”
By March, when the virus had Germany in its grip, he was calling for the border to be closed and schools to shut down.
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We crossed that line a couple of weeks ago as far as I’m concerned.
OhKnows. Another FluBro. This one though is still defending the initial lockdowns. So maybe a RetroFluBro. Perfect hindsight you know.
Some twit on fox news suggested no large gatherings until 2022.
You don’t need Fox. Plenty of the hysteria right here.
Was that the CDC chief?
Sieg Heil!
But but but infect the young and you will accelerate the dying of the drug users, the lgbt, and alternate lifestyle young. So doing this racist.
Isolating the high risk is a must. Beyond that, I was wondering, if antibodies are proven to provide immunity, if exposing <50 year old, healthy, otherwise low-risk volunteers to a small enough amount of the virus to get infected but not overly ill might be a course to herd immunity.
RE: OhKnows. Another FluBro.
People keep using the word without clearly defining it.
Maybe now is the time for clarification. What is a FluBro and why is this epidemiologist one?
“Mein Fuhrer I can valk!”
And the doctor was heard screaming:
“Start with the twins . . . I want all the twins!”
No it was not. I did not get her name.
Infect the young and you may be giving them a lifetime of progressive chronic illness. Not enough is known ( or being revealed) about long term effects on survivors but it may be very disturbing.
You GD idiot. Nobody wants to infect those at high risk.
A Free People needs to take back our Freedom. No risk = no Freedom.
Should take that twit and put him in isolation for 2 years see how he likes it
There are lots of nuts on this particular thread. They like to reference Nazis, rather than discuss issues.
I haven’t seen that name since my undergrad and grad organic chem courses!
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