Stefan Hockertz

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Stefan W. Hockertz (born on May 18, 1960 in Hanover ) is a German scientist and entrepreneur. In 2003 and 2004 he was director of the Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at Eppendorf University Hospital . In 2004, Hockertz went into business for himself.

He became known in spring 2020 for his public criticism of the medical and political handling of the corona virus .

Life

Stefan Hockertz studied at the University of Hannover Biology (Diploma 1985) and was there with a dissertation on function of cells of the macrophage system in Leishmania donovani infection in 1988 his doctorate . He then qualified as a professor at the University of Hamburg in the fields of toxicology and pharmacology .

From 1986 to 2001 he did research at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Hannover and from 1995 to 2002 he was a member of the board of directors of the Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Environmental Medicine in Hamburg.

From 2000 to 2001 he was a private lecturer in toxicology and pharmacology at the University of Hamburg and from 2001 to 2004 professor (C3) for molecular immunotoxicology. From 2000 to 2004 he worked at the Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University Hospital Eppendorf. In 2003 and 2004, Stefan Hockertz was director of this institute.

He then worked independently and is today (2020) managing director of tpi consult GmbH in Bollschweil near Freiburg, which he founded in 1994 .

COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

In connection with the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany, Stefan Hockertz expressed the opinion that the political reaction was disproportionate, authoritarian, opinionated and excessive and justified his view with statements about the "dangerousness of the coronavirus", which he referred to the dangerousness of influenza viruses compared. According to its own research, Bayerischer Rundfunk considered this assessment premature and in some cases imprecise.

The editor for education and knowledge, Jeanne Turczynski, took a critical look at Hockertz's claims at Bayerischer Rundfunk. In her podcast of March 26, 2020, she considered some of his statements to be correct, such as his information on the calculation of death rates and the dismantling of hospital beds in intensive care units in Italy. In other statements, such as inadequate hospital hygiene in Italy and Spain, she missed the sources. In Turczynski's opinion, there was no sufficient data basis for further claims by Hockertz, especially to be able to make statements in one direction or the other, for example when comparing the danger of COVID-19 with the danger of influenza.

Shortly afterwards, on April 2, an article by Lea Weinmann was published on Correctiv - Verlag und Vertrieb für die Gesellschaft UG on precisely this question . Isn't it overwritten with coronavirus more dangerous than flu? Why Stefan Hockertz's claims are misleading.

In an interview with Gerlinde Jänicke on May 19, 2020, 9:18 a.m. on the radio station 94.3 rs2 , Hockertz stuck to his statement that Covid-19 is about as dangerous as influenza. He based his repeated assertion on documents from John Ioannidis from Stanford University and own conclusions from the results of the COVID-19 case cluster study by Hendrik Streeck .

Fonts

  • Function of the cells of the macrophage system in Leishmania donovani infection. Dissertation. University of Hanover 1988, DNB 890930910 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Working group for pharmaceutical process engineering e. V .: List of candidates proposed for the election of the Executive Committee.
  2. ↑ Hamburg professors' catalog viewed May 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ Badische Zeitung: Bollschweiler toxicologist attracts attention on the Internet with unproven Corona theses - Bollschweil - Badische Zeitung. Accessed March 31, 2020 .
  4. ↑ #Faktenfuchs: Statements by the immunologist Hockertz in the fact check , br.de , March 27, 2020
  5. ↑ Stefan Kreuzer: Corona - How we deal with the crisis , podcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk, March 26, 2020, from 8:30 a.m. onwards: Is the harsh criticism of the immunologist Prof. Stefan Hockertz justified? Accessed March 29, 2020
  6. ↑ Coronavirus not more dangerous than flu? Why Stefan Hockertz's claims are misleading , by Lea Weinmann, Correctiv April 2, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Hockertz, Stefan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hockertz, Stefan W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German immunologist and toxicologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover