Monday 29 March 2021
Because of the Tübingen Corona model
Palmer receives death threats
Palmer receives death threats
The opening plans of several countries are controversial in view of increasing corona numbers. Boris Palmer apparently receives far more than criticism for Tübingen’s model project: the mayor also received death threats. This also has to do with the statements made by Chancellor Merkel about the Tübingen model.
Tübingen’s Lord Mayor Boris Palmer from the Greens sees his Corona model project massively criticized. He received death threats because of it. “The model project has been under great pressure since today,” said Palmer in an online discussion with scientists in Tübingen. Many wanted the project to fail. There are already a three-digit number of proceedings with the public prosecutor’s office for death threats against him.
In particular, the statements made by Chancellor Angela Merkel last Sunday were understood to mean that the CDU politician had also questioned the Tübingen model, said Palmer. On the ARD program “Anne Will”, the Chancellor was critical of opening steps and indicated that the federal government could take action if the states did not act.
Several countries are currently planning to start model projects with easing. Regarding the Tübingen model, Palmer also said that there is currently an increase in the number of cases. Regardless of the increasing incidence, the mayor of Tübingen wants to stick to his opening strategy. “We want to find out whether we can get the pandemic under better control with our test strategy than other regions with closings,” said Palmer at a lecture series at the University of Tübingen.
Palmer told the “Stuttgarter Nachrichten” and the “Stuttgarter Zeitung” that the seven-day incidence in Tübingen had risen to 66.7 by Sunday. Last Thursday, according to the city, the value was still 35 and would have almost doubled within a few days. He doesn’t worry, Palmer told the papers. The increase is more likely not due to shopping or going to the theater. Problematic are those who partied in the city in the evening. But it is always possible to pull the ripcord. “This is an open-ended experiment,” said Palmer.
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