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According to SPIEGEL information, the state security department at the Wilhelmshaven and Friesland police station, which is responsible for political crime, is investigating an employee of the Friesland vaccination center in Schortens.
The woman had drawn syringes with ineffective saline solution for six corona vaccinators.
During their investigation, the police came across a "single-digit number of corona-critical posts" that the employee had shared on Facebook.
There, among other things, she is said to have compared the pandemic with flu.
Caricature of conspiracy ideologues
According to the police, she also sent a defamatory cartoon via WhatsApp that is circulating among conspiracy ideologues.
A colleague to whom the woman had confided reported the case to the employer.
Around 200 visitors to the vaccination center had to be tested and should receive a new vaccination if necessary.
Despite the posts, the police assume that the employee wanted to cover up with the saline solution that she had dropped a vaccine ampoule.
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Last Saturday, the management of the vaccination center of the German Red Cross (DRK) informed the police and released the registered nurse.
She had been working in Schortens on a fixed-term contract since February.
The 40-year-old woman admitted to the police that she had dropped an ampoule with a vaccine on Wednesday morning last week.
She said she had drawn up saline solution in six ampoules to cover up the incident and because she was afraid of being discharged.
The police consider their testimony to be credible.
Vaccinations have to be repeated
All 197 citizens vaccinated against Corona that Wednesday morning in Schortens were again invited to an appointment by the DRK.
80 of them had received a second vaccination and had to be vaccinated again.
Tests should provide evidence of any of the rest of those entitled to vaccination who may have received the ineffective saline solution and have to repeat the primary vaccination.
The results are still pending.
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