Hot Summer - Lauterbach Considers the Number of Heat Dead to Be "Rather Underestimated"
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According to RKI, about 12,500 people died this summer as a result of heat. Former Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach assumes that the actual figure is even higher – and appeals to the Union to support an amendment to the Basic Law.
At the same time, the former Minister of Health defended the methodology of the Robert Koch Institute. To achieve better heat protection in the future, Lauterbach advocated a change to the Basic Law. Effective heat protection cost a lot of money.
Former Federal Minister of Health Lauterbach assumes that more people in Germany die from the effects of heat than previously assumed.
Karl Lauterbach is also in favour of a change in the basic law for more heat protection. The RKI would probably underestimate the numbers of the heat dead, he says.
Former Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) assumes that more people in Germany die from heat-related causes than previously estimated. "The Robert Koch Institute uses a rather conservative methodology," he told the Rheinische Post (Thursday edition). "This means that the number of heat-related deaths is likely underestimated." At the same time, Lauterbach defended the methodology. The Robert Koch Institute's (RKI) approach is "perfectl…
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