In the show he was from Moderator Ingo Zamperoni was asked why, with the expiry of the legal status of the epidemic emergency of national scope, containment options such as exit or contact restrictions are being dispensed with. “Because these measures are not effective according to scientific studies and because German courts have already rejected such exit restrictions,” Lindner replied. In response to Zamperoni’s incredulous question as to whether he really claims that contact restrictions and bans on going out are not effective: “There are scientific studies on the effectiveness of exit restrictions, for example for vaccinated people, who do not curb the incidence of infection.”
On the Internet, he had been accused of ignoring scientific knowledge. Sometimes he was denied the ability to govern. The Göttingen physicist Viola Priesemann, who deals with corona issues, offered him via Twitter to provide clarification.