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Rising case numbers fuel the debate about non-vaccinated people

2021-07-26T03:36:12.793Z


With a view to the corona numbers, are there any more restrictions soon? This is what some politicians assume. However, it is disputed whether they should apply to everyone.


With a view to the corona numbers, are there any more restrictions soon?

This is what some politicians assume.

However, it is disputed whether they should apply to everyone.

Berlin - With the number of infections rising, a debate about more restrictions for unvaccinated people in the corona pandemic has sparked.

"This is not a discrimination against those who have not been vaccinated," said Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) in an interview with RTL / ntv.

He respects it if someone decides against a vaccination for personal reasons.

"But the non-vaccinated person must also understand that we have to protect society as a whole and therefore only the vaccinated can admit to larger community events."

Montgomery criticizes "eternal skeptics"

The chairman of the World Medical Association, Frank Ulrich Montgomery, also advocates giving vaccinated people more freedom in everyday life.

There is no reason to withhold their basic rights to vaccinated and immune people, "just because a few eternal skeptics evade the vaccination," said Montgomery to the newspapers of the Funke media group.

It is not about privileges for vaccinated people, but about restrictions on fundamental rights.

Chancellery Minister Helge Braun (CDU) had discussed possible restrictions for non-vaccinated people at the weekend if Germany threatened a high fourth wave.

"This can also mean that certain offers such as restaurant, cinema and stadium visits would no longer be possible even for tested unvaccinated people because the residual risk is too high," he told "Bild am Sonntag".

Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet spoke out against it on Sunday.

"I do not believe in compulsory vaccinations and do not believe in indirectly putting pressure on people to get vaccinated," he said in the ZDF summer interview.

Kubicki: "Compulsory vaccination through the back door"

The left leader Janine Wissler also turned against Braun's advance. Threatening disadvantages to people who have not yet been vaccinated is the wrong way, she told the "world". Especially since there is still no vaccination recommendation from the Standing Vaccination Commission for many people, such as for children under the age of twelve and pregnant women.

Criticism came from the FDP, among others. Kubicki described Braun's proposal as "introducing mandatory vaccination through the back door" and "clearly unconstitutional". Montgomery sharply criticized the objections. Anyone who, like the FDP, suspects that vaccination is mandatory through the back door and rejects more rights for vaccinated people is serving "primitive populism" and does not understand the concept of freedom correctly. “Only through vaccination can we all regain our freedoms. The FDP - the alleged Freedom Party - should finally understand that, ”said Montgomery.

FDP General Secretary Volker Wissing meanwhile called for more speed in vaccination.

"Instead of threatening vaccination obligations or renewed contact restrictions, those responsible should rather pull out all the stops so that the vaccination campaign that has fallen asleep picks up speed again," Wissing told the "Rheinische Post" (Monday).

More low-threshold offers are needed.

More vaccination mobiles could help

The SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich suggests expanding the use of mobile vaccination vehicles.

"If the people do not come to the vaccination, then the vaccination has to come to the people," said Mützenich to the editorial network Germany (RND).

The experience so far with sending vaccination vehicles to certain parts of the city is good.

“We have to fully exhaust these possibilities.” Younger people also need more targeted offers.

The German Hotel and Restaurant Association (Dehoga) has meanwhile asked the federal government to develop new decision-making criteria for assessing the infection situation.

"Massive restrictions for society as well as for the economy can no longer be justified with high incidences alone," said the managing director, Ingrid Hartges, the newspapers of the Funke media group.

Other factors such as the vaccination rate, the development of the disease course, the degree of hospitalization and the death rate would have to be taken into account.

Ideally, these criteria should be established nationwide.

An early federal-state meeting possible

At the weekend, several federal states signaled their readiness for an early federal-state conference.

According to Brandenburg's Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD), a federal-state meeting must take place as soon as possible.

Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller (SPD) currently sees a need for coordination at short notice.

Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder tied his willingness to conditions such as the decision to implement a school vaccination program.

Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) announced on Thursday that the next prime ministerial conference on the corona pandemic, which was actually planned for the end of August, would be brought forward.

dpa

Source: merkur

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