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To the point - Coronavirus Second Wave: Scaremongering or Real Danger?

August 6, 2020

Coronavirus infection rates are rising, bringing fears of more drastic restrictions on people's freedoms. COVID-19: a second wave? Our guests: Julia Fischer (doctor and author), Ulrike Herrmann (business journalist), Tobias Kurth (epidemiologist)

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DW Sendung To The Point Julia Fischer
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Julia Fischer, former doctor, now journalist and author. She says: "We must make no compromises in implementing the lessons learned so far. If not, the second wave will be very painful." 

 

DW Sendung To The Point Ulrike Herrmann
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Ulrike Herrmann, business and finance journalist with the Berlin-based daily, the TAZ. She believes that: "By the fall at the latest, coronavirus will be back. And the economy will be hard hit."

 

DW Sendung To The Point Tobias Kurth
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Tobias Kurth, Professor for Public Health and Epidemiology at Berlin's Charité Hospital. He says: "We must do everything in our power to keep infection rates low and protect the public sector."