001. Fundamental Rights (Not Only) in Times of a Pandemic

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• Hardly any situation legitimates to restrict fundamental rights,
  and any restriction needs to be explicitly limited in time.
• Any (temporary) restriction of fundamental rights requires
  prior public and broad discussion, at least in parliament.
• Restrictions applied during the COVID-19 pandemic
  are largely unconstitutional (at least in Germany).
• A public and broad debate about the restrictions
  is shockingly absent in most western societies.
• Academics have a special responsibility towards society.
  If we don't reflect and intervene, who else?

• https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/podcast4684.html
  Das Coronavirus-Update mit Christian Drosten
  Highly recommended and very informative podcast (in German) with Christian Drosten, Virologist at the Charité Berlin
• https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/covid-19/webinars
  ECDC Webinars on COVID-19
  Collection of recorded webinars and discussions on COVID-19.
• https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
  COVID-19 Map - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
• https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Fallzahlen.html
  COVID-19: Number of cases in Germany and world-wide (in German)

• https://www.bundestag.de/gg
  Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland
• https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/
  Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany

Arts and sciences, research and teaching shall be free. The freedom of teaching shall not release any person from allegiance to the constitution. Article 5, paragraph 3, Basic Law