Old people’s home in Bavaria: The residents should be able to feel safe. Does compulsory vaccination make sense for this?
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The need for needles in nursing homes and clinics is coming. For the most part, the industry welcomes this, but demands that other groups also be included: This is the only way to achieve the highest possible level of protection for everyone.
Dhe compulsory vaccination in health and care facilities initiated by the future federal government has met with approval in the industry. In individual cases, however, it is assessed as impractical or insufficient. Some care representatives, such as the Diakonieverband, are therefore campaigning for a general vaccination requirement. The Bundestag debated the amendment to the law in the first reading on Tuesday. The amendment by the SPD, Greens and FDP to the Infection Protection Act stipulates that employees of clinics, homes, practices, emergency services or birth centers must present proof of corona vaccination or convalescence by March 15, 2022. It is also possible to obtain a certificate stating that you cannot be vaccinated. The Robert Koch Institute had reported almost 3000 infections in the facilities in the past reporting week.
The German Nursing Council wants to expand the obligation. “If we want the highest possible protection, and we want that, then everyone who walks through the door has to be vaccinated. Both in the nursing homes and in the hospitals, ”said Nursing Council President Christine Vogler of the FAZ Nobody talks about those in need of care, about the patients, about the visitors or suppliers. “But of course there is also a potential danger from them, so they must also have proof of immunity,” says Vogler. When asked whether she would like a general vaccination requirement, she said: “As a private person, I am in favor of it, as the President of the Nursing Council, I said that there is a general social responsibility to protect one’s fellow human beings through vaccination.”
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