The virologist Hendrik Streeck considers new corona measures to be superfluous - even if he expects the numbers to increase in autumn. The summer wave "arose by itself and broke by itself, without the effect of measures," said Streeck of "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. It is wrong to present the mask as a "wonderful preventive method" against infections, 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 according to "Bild am Sonntag": "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", if you count 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 to the newspaper.

However, when dealing with the pandemic, one should rely less on measures ordered by the state and more on the individual responsibility of the citizens, the doctor explained a few weeks ago on stern TV am Sonntag. "We can't spend the rest of our lives worrying," he said on the show.