“In the Worst Case, It Could Take a Few More Winters”

Der Spiegel: “It isn’t possible for enough people to get infected in the summer to keep the corona numbers down in the winter. That was evident last year in Britain: The measures were relaxed there in the summer because of the European football championship, and there was a huge number of infections – but in the following autumn and winter, the number of severe cases and deaths was even higher than in Germany, and this despite better vaccination coverage among the population. The summer infections had no preparatory effect for the winter.”