The corona vaccinations in Germany are progressing further, for a few days the Stiko has also been recommending vaccinations for children and adolescents.
However, paediatricians are critical of certain plans.
Berlin - The corona pandemic has preoccupied Germany and the world for almost two years, and many measures to contain the virus still have to be observed.
But the corona vaccinations also represent great hope for many experts in the fight against the pandemic, after all, it reduces the risk of infection with the corona virus.
However, some experts are particularly critical of the planned vaccination of children and adolescents in schools.
Corona vaccinations for children - paediatricians are critical of plans
For this reason, the professional association of paediatricians has criticized the plans of several federal states to vaccinate children and adolescents in and around schools against the coronavirus. "The young people are very much under peer pressure in the schools, so that a free and independent decision is difficult," said the national spokesman of the association, the pediatrician Jakob Maske, the
editorial network Germany (RND)
.
Instead, Mask advised vaccination in practices: “Vaccinating your own pediatrician has the advantage that the doctor knows the family and the environment well and can advise the parents better on whether the vaccination is useful for the family or not. "
So far, there had been no specific recommendation by the Standing Vaccination Commission, but at the beginning of the week the Stiko had updated its opinion accordingly.
Accordingly, the corona vaccination is now also recommended for children and adolescents from the age of twelve.
For this reason, special vaccination campaigns for this age group have started or are being planned in several federal states.
Mobile vaccination teams are sent to schools, for example, “family vaccination days” are planned in vaccination centers, leisure facilities or animal parks, and special vaccination routes for children and young people are set up in vaccination centers.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: Are there any threats to conflicts in schools?
The German Teachers Association, on the other hand, welcomed the plans to carry out vaccinations in schools. "Anything that quickly increases safety in schools is good," said association boss Heinz-Peter Meidinger to the RND. "It is quite clear that a high vaccination rate of pupils of the most important building block for more health at schools in the pandemic and therefore ultimately for a speedy return to normalcy in the school system."
The fear that carried into conflicts in schools and In his own words, he does not share any group pressure that could be exerted on pupils or their parents who do not want to be vaccinated. There are ways to organize vaccinations in such a way that school operations are barely affected and the necessary anonymity and voluntariness are absolutely preserved, said Meidinger.
Meanwhile, the number of new corona infections continues to rise, the RKI again reported thousands of new cases.
