It should actually be elections during the corona pandemic.
But the ARD throws the concept hours before the start of the broadcast.
A new topic should be discussed with other guests
Cologne - "Elections in times of Corona: Who do the citizens trust?"
This is how the ARD titled the topic for today's edition of the political talk "Hard but fair".
The politicians Kevin Kühnert, Cem Özdemir, Paul Ziemiak and the journalists Robin Alexander and Bettina Gaus were invited.
The 180 degree turn came just a few hours before the broadcast.
A new topic and other guests were needed.
A decision by the Federal Ministry of Health prompted ARD to take the step.
AstraZeneca vaccinations stopped in Germany - Frank Plasberg discusses with his guests
On Monday afternoon, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn stopped vaccinations with the AstraZeneca vaccine.
A "precautionary measure" to check health complications, it said from the ministry.
The WDR responded to the report by exchanging the topic and the invited guests.
On the "current occasion", moderator Frank Plasberg is now discussing with Dr.
Andreas Gassen, the chairman of the board of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, the journalist Ranga Yogeshwar and health expert Karl Lauterbach (SPD) about the AstraZeneca stop, wrote the WDR in a tweet.
Only
world
journalist Robin Alexander remains in the newly mixed round.
Karl Lauterbach shows his incomprehension about the step taken by the Ministry of Health
Lauterbach had already announced
his incomprehension for the step of the federal government
to
Merkur.de
in the afternoon
.
“I wouldn't have done that.
A check with ongoing vaccinations would have been better in view of the rarity of the cases that occur.
Given that the incidence of vaccinated and non-vaccinated people is the same, I would have let the vaccination run, ”he said.
The SPD politician fears a “considerable loss of confidence”.
He warned that if AstraZeneca's vaccine is not used, the vaccination strategy will collapse.
The Federal Ministry of Health is following the recommendation of the Paul Ehrlich Institute with the vaccination ban, Minister Jens Spahn said in a press conference.
"We are all very aware of the importance of this decision," emphasized Spahn.
In the politics talk tonight, the guests will discuss the step taken by the Ministry of Health in detail.
It remains to be seen whether they will agree with Jens Spahn's view.
Karl Lauterbach made his point of view clear before the broadcast began.
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jjf
)