The Corona-related school closings have been and are being discussed controversially. Long wanted the Federal-wide school closing to avoid payments at any cost. Finally, they were closed yet. The opinion of a Top virologist Christian Drosten played an important role and the changed a short time before all of a sudden.
Slowly life is returning to Germany – shops, cafes and Restaurants open again. Only day-care centres and schools will remain for many of the children still closed. Fatal for social justice, say critics.
The Ministers of culture of the countries felt that way. Research by the "Spiegel" show that at the conference of education Ministers on 12. March unusual Consensus: schools should always remain open in individual cases, closures are possible.
The search conference of Ministers of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Minister presidents of the Länder, however, came to a contrary result, even if a majority was also initially against school closures. The reversal was, according to "Spiegel" a 13-year-old Paper, which also present the chief virologist of the Berlin Charité Christian Drosten presented.
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13-year-old Paper caused a rethink at the Top virologist Drosten
The free Internet accessible paper would have been a short previously sent in front of a colleague from the course: it deals with an analysis of data on the Spanish flu from 1918 to 1919 in 43 American cities. Conclusion the study of the Drosten also in his NDR Podcast reported: A combination of several measures would be extremely useful. "Event stop school closures in combination are extremely efficient, especially if it lasts more than four weeks. And then the sooner, the better." The colleague would also have the students as a "Infektionsbrücken" between age groups are a danger, the Drosten talked – very seriously.
This view, however, it came very suddenly. Drosten was initially, also as a proponent of more open schools. On the day before he was closing according to the level on school closings said: "This not so much."
After the turn of the Drosten: " returns;I was baff"
At the conference, then the turn. NRW Minister Armin Laschet, according to "Spiegel" directly asked: "Mr. Drosten, yesterday you argued against school closures." The virologist replied in the affirmative – reasoned but his new assessment with the Paper. "I was flabbergasted. One of the main actors against the school closures was suddenly other Meinung", will the Prime Minister say it today.
Many countries were, according to the "Spiegel" nevertheless, cautious. However, at the Insistence of the Minister-President of Bavaria, Markus Söder and Drostens calls they came in line of reasoning to blame. "Suddenly no longer had to justify those who wanted to, but the, the waren" about it;, a participant told the news portal. The result: the school closures in all of the länder.
Drosten explained today that he had only recommended to observe the current situation and, if necessary, of regional school closings to decide.
Today, it is also clear that the comparison with the Spanish flu is only caused by the Coronavirus applicable. Because children seem to be less susceptible than adults. But still, it is unclear what role they can actually play in a spread.
How dangerous are children in the Corona-proliferation?
Also, a study by Christian Drosten caused a stir. Just in time for the debate about a possible way out of the Lockdown at the end of April, published by the virologist, and his colleagues, a "Blitzstudie", as he says himself. In the study, other scientists had criticized, because the methods used for the statistical analysis, were not suitable for complete.
Then revised the Charité researchers your analysis, acknowledged that the statistical methods were coarse, and published at the beginning of June a second version . The key finding, however, remained the same: There is no evidence to suggest that children in respect of Sars-CoV-2 is not as contagious as adults.
"The non slip Anti-Thesis has been in the policy quickly to These", the " sums it up;Spiegel". Also the fear of children as infection bridges remained stubborn and had far-reaching consequences for many children who do not go to school.
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A new study from Stuttgart, Germany
New evidence has now delivered a study from Baden-Württemberg: a children’s plug in, it’s not rare with the Coronavirus as their parents. You are, therefore, not as a driver of the wave of Infection to be considered, said Klaus-Michael Debatin, Medical Director of the children’s hospital at the University hospital of Ulm, on the outcome of the investigation, on Tuesday (16. June) was presented in Stuttgart.
However, the question of how infectious are children, continue to be open. Had the study not specifically investigated, such as infectious children, explains Hans-Georg Kräusslich, Chairman of the centre for infectious diseases at Heidelberg University hospital. You could, for the positive-tested, parent-child pairs, no General statement about the meeting, who whom is infected has.
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