Corona pandemic - Lauterbach defends action - downgrading the risk assessment in February 2022 would not have been justified

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Federal Minister of Health Lauterbach has denied allegations of political influence on the Robert Koch Institute during the corona pandemic.

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Corona policy: Lauterbach prevented the risk assessment from being downgraded for months. The chairwoman of the Ethics Council wanted to hear Spahn's "wishes and ideas" for "our work".

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At the beginning of 2022, Karl Lauterbach apparently prevented the Robert Koch Institute from lowering the corona risk level. Some suspect overreach, a scandal. Rightly so?

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The Ethics Council had largely supported the government's Corona policy - supposedly independently. Internal letters cast doubt on this. "There were already a whole series of indications," said Christoph Lütge, former member of the Bavarian Ethics Council.

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At the start of the third corona year, the Robert Koch Institute is actually prepared to downgrade its risk assessment from “very high” to “high.” However, leaked emails are intended to show how Health Minister Lauterbach prevented this. The opposition is indignant.