The Germans no longer trust the corona numbers.
This was the result of an INSA survey for BILD. When asked whether they still trust the official infection figures, 57% answered no. Only 32% believe the numbers are correct.
Means: The majority no longer gives anything to the values of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)!
Even Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (58, SPD) admitted that the current infection rate “is not accurately shown in the official figures”.
How can that be?
► Only a small proportion of the infections are currently known. Because: Tests and reports by the health authorities decrease significantly during the holidays.
And: More and more districts are giving up contact tracking. The current infection process, the spread of the Omikron variant? Unknown.
Economic expert Dieter Janecek (45, Greens) criticizes in BILD: “Unfortunately, we went through a two-year pandemic in Germany on a data blind flight.” Janecek refers to countries like Great Britain or Denmark, which would have a better basis through representative surveys.
► Even the official vaccination rate is unreliable (almost 82% of adults are vaccinated twice). The real number is likely higher because not all vaccinations have been reported. Health politician Erwin Rüddel (66, CDU) therefore calls for a central vaccination register.
► The incidence of hospitalization is also wrong! Many who are counted as corona patients are not in hospital because of corona (BILD reported). They are still included in the hospitalization rate.
The RKI sees responsibility for health authorities that do not report the data in good time everywhere. “All of this is not the responsibility of the RKI,” said the authority when asked by BILD. The federal, state and local governments also have many excuses (staff shortages during the holidays).
How it works, nevertheless, is shown by Bremen. Over Christmas and New Year’s Eve, the Hanseatic city doubled the number of employees in the health department and got help from the Bundeswehr.
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