COVID-19 in Germany: Learning to Dance with the Virus

Author(s)

Heinz Christoph Steinhardt

Abstract

Germany’s fairly successful management of the first eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic proceeded through three phases of government response: ranging from being caught off-guard, decisive action and a comparatively mild lock-down, to finding a path to a “new normal” of managing the disease. An elite consensus regarding the severity of the threat to public health and the necessity for counter-measures was supported by a large majority. Although noisy opposition emerged on the fringes, so far political polarisation over the pandemic remained limited.

Organisation(s)

Department of East Asian Studies

Publication date

03-2021

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

506010 Policy analysis

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Portal url

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/covid19-in-germany-learning-to-dance-with-the-virus(fe0f2134-7604-40c3-85cc-c6639ce1b1cd).html