The virologist Hendrik Streeck considers new corona measures to be superfluous - although he expects the numbers to increase in autumn. The summer wave was "created by itself and broke by itself, without the effect of measures," Streeck told the "Bild am Sonntag". "Measures can reduce a corona wave, but not break it."
The virologist therefore advises against a general obligation to wear a mask indoors. Presenting the mask as a “wonderful preventive method” against infections is wrong, said Streeck, who is a member of the Federal Government’s Expert Council. Most people got infected in private rooms.
Instead, one should “explain to people who are particularly at risk in which situations a mask is important and how it is worn correctly”. Streeck explained: "It can no longer be our goal to avoid every infection."
In the summer wave there were “probably well over a million new infections per day”, including the undiscovered cases. "That has certainly slowed down the current wave." Nevertheless, "it can be assumed that the numbers will increase again in the course of the autumn," explained Streeck.