When it came to the corona vaccine, there was initially great skepticism, then hope.
Now frustration is widespread, and enormous.
There is not enough vaccine for everyone.
A retirement home tries to solve the problem.
Frankfurt - The
corona vaccine
in Germany is scarce.
Prioritization should ensure a reasonable and fair distribution at the start of the mass vaccinations.
Not everyone gets it.
Younger people have to be patient.
According to the Vaccine Ordinance, the
highest priority is
* people who are
at least 80 years old
and who live or work in nursing homes or homes for the elderly;
Staff in intensive care units, emergency rooms and emergency services.
Corona vaccine - lottery procedure in the nursing home causes a stir
But even for the most
vulnerable group there
is
hardly any vaccine
against the treacherous coronavirus *.
In a nursing home, vaccination doses are now to be raffled.
An unbearable step for some relatives.
A
son
uses
Twitter to vent
his anger and feelings.
In his mother's (88) retirement home, the lot decides the sequence of vaccinations, he writes.
“
My 88 year old mother lives in a senior citizens facility in Frankfurt.
The #vaccination against # COVID19 started this week.
The # vaccination doses are not enough, now a raffle will be drawn among the residents who will be vaccinated first.
Etiquette forbids portraying my feelings,
”Lutz Stroppe tweeted on December 31st.
Lutz Stroppe
is the former State Secretary of Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (40).
The 64-year-old is angry that so little Biontech vaccine is available in Germany.
It just happened that it was his mother's turn to get the vaccinations.
My 88 year old mother lives in a senior citizens facility in Frankfurt.
The #vaccination against # COVID19 started this week.
The # vaccination doses are not enough, now a raffle will be drawn among the residents who will be vaccinated first.
Etiquette forbids describing my feelings.
- Stroppe (@LutzStroppe) December 31, 2020
Vaccination raffle in the nursing home - This is how Twitter users react
The reactions follow immediately.
“A draw is total nonsense,” writes a Twitter user.
It would be better to proceed according to age and previous illnesses.
Others report similar situations.
"My father lives in a senior citizens' residence in Heidelberg and only those in need of care are vaccinated," comments one user.
The rest of the residents must see how he can get a vaccination.
In a retirement home in Bavaria, vaccinations are based on last names, reports another.
With the letter M, however, there would no longer be a vaccine.
But the opinion in the comments is divided.
In addition to a lot of criticism of the
vaccination strategy,
and above all of
Health Minister Jens Spahn,
there are voices that call for more patience and serenity.
Another Twitter user finds particularly clear words: “
I think it's shoddy to make a big story out of it
.
It must
have been clear to
everyone
from the start
that the
vaccine is a limited resource
, of course there is a situation where some are vaccinated and others are not. ”The
corona situation in Germany
is still tense.
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