No matter how low the infection numbers fall: The Minister of Health is expecting a new corona wave. He also has to endure a lot in other ways – and then his approval ratings also drop.
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Angelica Slavik, Berlin
Times are not easy for Karl Lauterbach. The virus wave, which he has announced several times, is not coming – instead the corona numbers are falling. That sounds like good news for everyone, but politically it’s not exactly a stroke of luck for the Federal Minister of Health. Proof that he can manage a Corona winter better than his much-maligned predecessor Jens Spahn (CDU)? He can’t do that. The millions of vaccine doses he secured for the nation? Doesn’t he get among the people like that? And the protective measures that he would like to keep throughout the winter? Made mad on him from all sides.