Markus Söder sees a need for action due to the high level of refusal to vaccinate among nurses.
That is why he has now brought compulsory vaccination into play.
In the corona pandemic, Markus Söder, the Bavarian Prime Minister, raised the issue of mandatory vaccinations.
Since too many nurses do not want to be vaccinated, Söder has asked the Ethics Council for a recommendation for action.
The CSU boss also sees a need for action in the areas of vaccine production and home office.
Munich - The
Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder
(CSU) has expressed himself critically that there is “
too high a
refusal to vaccinate
among
nursing staff
in old people's and nursing homes
”.
"Getting vaccinated should be seen as a
civic duty
," said the CSU boss of the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
.
In order to achieve this, he proposes a state campaign to promote
vaccination
, "in which role models from art, sport and politics participate".
In addition, although
Health Minister Jens Spahn
had previously spoken out against it, he
brought
compulsory vaccinations
into play.
Söder
called on the German
Ethics Council
to make suggestions as to "whether and for which groups
compulsory vaccination
would be conceivable".
For
nurses
the push comes to no good.
Eva Ohlerth from Munich perceives it as an "absolute devaluation", as compared to the
Munich Merkur *
said.
“Some just want to watch for a while to see if there are
side effects
,” she explains.
"A better way would have been to talk to us - and about the
vaccination *
and
better explain
possible
side effects
. "
Coronavirus: Söder suggests “national pharmaceutical alliance” and homoffice targets
And also in other areas of
infection control
has
Söder
new proposals introduced.
Because there was not enough
corona
vaccine
, the
Bavarian Prime Minister called for
a "national pharmaceutical alliance" to accelerate production.
You have to
talk
to the
pharmaceutical companies
about this.
Where necessary, the state must pay the companies compensation.
The additional
vaccine production
could benefit all of Europe.
A new
Biontech
plant is
scheduled
to start production
in Marburg at the end of February
.
The pharmaceutical alliance could create additional production facilities.
In addition,
Söder
wants to
urge
employers in the Free State to provide more
home office
opportunities for employees, including with specific
targets
.
Söder
announced
on Monday in Munich
that he would
probably like to talk
about this at a “
home office summit
” with business and trade unions
this Wednesday
.
First of all, one has to consider how the
potential for home office
that exists could be better exploited - so far this has not been sufficiently the case.
“That has to be fundamentally improved,” demanded
Söder
.
If that doesn't work, one might have to think about “other measures”.
"At the moment, the first thing to do is to bundle all forces again."
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
