Even the applicants in the Bundestag no longer expect vaccinations to be compulsory in Germany!
FDP health politician Andrew Ullmann (59) is in charge of compulsory vaccination from the age of 50. Ullmann to BILD am SONNTAG: “Ideally, we no longer need vaccination in the fall!”
Next week, the Bundestag will discuss the various applications (vaccination requirement from the age of 18 or 50 and the Union’s proposal for a vaccination requirement if necessary).
But it is now clear to the applicants that no application can win a majority. Talks are now underway to unify the plans.
Ullmann: “Our proposal could be a bridge. There is an obligation to advise until September 15th. ”If the vaccination rate is too low and the health care system is overburdened, the obligation to provide proof of vaccination from the age of 50 will be voted on – or not.
The Union also wants to postpone the vote. She sees a duty to advise critically:
CDU health expert Tino Sorge (47) on BILD am SONNTAG: “With regard to the obligation to provide advice, it is questionable whether pressure would really be effective.” Even a vaccination obligation “in reserve” would be constitutionally questionable, so Sorge. He no longer expects that vaccination will be compulsory.
Also skeptical: virologist Hendrik Streeck (44, University of Bonn). He says to BILD am SONNTAG: “As a doctor, I’m not interested in whether someone has recovered or been vaccinated. The decisive factor is: who is still unprotected anyway?”
Streeck’s demand: Germany finally needs a large-scale antibody study.
The argument of the advocates of compulsory vaccination: We have to prepare ourselves for the fall. But: Is the vaccination requirement suitable for this?
Streeck calls for using the summer differently: “Our most important dikes against an autumn wave are the hospitals: we urgently need to increase the number of nursing staff.”
Also shaky: the vaccination requirement for medical staff.
It formally comes into force on Wednesday, but it does not have any direct consequences for the time being: an attempt should be made again to convince the unvaccinated nursing staff.
In Saxony, where a third of the nurses are not vaccinated, according to Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (59, SPD), the vaccination requirement should be implemented “with great caution” and “a sense of proportion”.
58 percent of Germans are still in favor of general vaccination. About a third is critical, according to an Insa survey for BILD am SONNTAG (1001 respondents on Friday).