Dr Reuter acknowledged that the situation in the country’s hospitals has significantly improved over the past couple of weeks. Only one Covid-19 patient is currently treated in an intensive care unit, which gives staff an opportunity to recover from previous infection waves.
When asked about future prospects, Dr Reuter noted that it remains difficult to make accurate predictions. However, it is more or less clear that hospitalisations increase two to three weeks after infection numbers do. It now has to be seen how these numbers play out, given that more vulnerable people have been vaccinated by now.
Dr Reuter also underlined that young people can have trouble overcoming the infection and develop what is by now known as “long Covid”. He therefore argued that they should also get vaccinated if and when possible.
At the same time, the intensive care practitioner recognised that the government had to ease some restrictions and give people a feeling of normality. Nevertheless, he also conveyed his belief that this move may have come one or two months too early.
