The scandal surrounding the Astrazeneca corona vaccine is causing waves - also internationally.
An immunologist is now proposing: Angela Merkel should be vaccinated live on TV.
London - In the dispute over the Astrazeneca's corona vaccine, a leading immunologist has now made an explosive proposal: Chancellor Angela Merkel should be vaccinated with the controversial preparation live on TV, according to the Secretary General of the German Society for Immunology, Carsten Watzl in an interview the British
BBC
.
Corona vaccination live on TV: Immunologist makes an explosive proposal to Merkel
Watzl hopes that Merkel can curb skepticism about the British Corona * vaccine.
In Germany, the corona vaccine from the British manufacturer Astrazeneca is met with great skepticism.
Also because the Standing Vaccination Commission did not recommend its use in people over 65.
But that is also due to a lack of test results.
Nevertheless, many citizens did not come to their vaccination appointments recently and were offered the Astrazeneca vaccine.
And the scandal is also causing a stir internationally.
The British press recently wrote of “brainwashing” and “scaremongering”, defending the vaccine *.
There was even talk of a “vaccination war” that Germany would lose.
Corona vaccination for Merkel?
That's what the Chancellor says
The immunologist Watzl
now
said in the
BBC
interview: It was already foreseeable that the Standing Vaccination Commission
would recommend
the vaccine
to those over 65 years of age.
"If Angela Merkel went on live television at this point and was vaccinated with the vaccine, that would of course be great," said Watzl.
The Astrazeneca vaccine was purely a PR problem, stressed Watzl in the interview.
The German Society for Immunology will publish a statement in the coming days, "in which we clearly state the facts that this is a safe and effective vaccine for the elderly, too," said the scientist.
Angela Merkel herself had recently
emphasized
to the
FAZ
that she only wanted to be vaccinated when it was her turn according to the existing prioritization plan.
She justified this with the fact that, unlike other professional groups, it was possible for her to keep her distance.
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