Lockdown anniversary
That was the biggest mistake in pandemic
Updated on 03/22/2025 – 12:43 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Five years after the first Lockdown, the question remains: What did Corona do with our society? Journalist Georg Mascolo takes stock in the podcast.
Corona pandemic has shaped Germany deeply-and yet a comprehensive reappraisal has failed to do so today. “Forgetting can be healing. But this is not available to the state,” says Corona expert and bestselling author Georg Mascolo.
The first Corona Lockdown came into force five years ago. It started a time that our society changed. One reason to look back: What was the biggest mistake made in pandemic? Why has the government still not launched properly? And are we prepared for the next pandemic?
Mascolo explains which debate is particularly important to polarization and which federal state has best mastered the time Here in the Podcast episode:
The discussion at the weekend is available every Saturday morning in the “Taganbruch” podcast from T-Online. In it, moderator Lisa Raphael and T-Online editor-in-chief Florian Harms discuss with prominent guests about current political issues. You can Here on Spotify,, Apple podcasts or Amazon Music Subscribe.
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