Workers and students in Germany organize successful online meeting to oppose government policy of herd immunity
Despite the weekly incidence of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants increasing by almost 40 points in the last week, the German ruling class is continuing to pursue its deadly policy of reopening schools and the economy. To organize resistance against this and discuss common perspectives, the Rank-and-File Committee for Safe Education and the Rank-and-File Committee for Safe Workplaces held a joint meeting on April 12.
In recent weeks, staff of intensive care units have issued urgent calls for a “strict lockdown” in the face of exponentially rising infection rates. Amid 80,000 COVID-19 deaths in Germany, leading virologists had accused politicians of “intentional contagion” and “hostility to science,” as well as of spreading “disinformation” in the media. As virologist Melanie Brinkmann warned earlier this year, the lives of up to 180,000 people under the age of 65 are at stake.