In the Corona crisis, Jan Josef Liefers accuses Germany of exerting pressure "to the point of blackmail" on unvaccinated people.
Karl Lauterbach is beside himself on Twitter.
Munich / Berlin - Has the last word been spoken?
Tatort star Jan Josef Liefers has reproached the German state with a view to the corona situation, allegedly exerting pressure on the unvaccinated "to the brink of blackmail".
Jan Josef Liefers takes unvaccinated people under protection - Corona expert Karl Lauterbach reacts immediately
“Of course, I also know that today we put massive pressure on people who decide not to have a vaccination. I don't really understand why we're doing this. The government has chosen not to make vaccination compulsory. And so there is no compulsory vaccination. That means it's a voluntary thing, "said the well-known actor on
Bild Live
:" And putting people under pressure to the brink of blackmail, so to speak - basically - and giving them some financial losses and professional disadvantages, that is that is incomprehensible to me. "
Incredible.
I had praised @JanJosefLiefers for going to intensive care.
I take that back.
Now he is using the visit to accuse the state of blackmailing unvaccinated people.
He didn't learn anything.
https://t.co/eCHXUvdRmp
- Karl Lauterbach (@Karl_Lauterbach) October 9, 2021
Especially since the Federal Republic now has a vaccination quota “which is obviously much, much higher.
Allegedly 90 percent willingness to vaccinate people in Germany.
What do you still want now? ", Liefers continued and demanded:" I think it is time that a new or the old government, which is still in office, makes a clear decision here. "
Unvaccinated against Corona: Karl Lauterbach sharply criticizes Jan Josef Liefers
There was a prompt reaction from Corona expert and SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach, who sharply criticized Liefers on Twitter.
"Incredible.
I had praised Jan Josef Liefers for visiting an intensive care unit.
I'll take that back, "wrote the Bundestag member on Social Media - and said in the direction of the actor:" Now he's using the visit to accuse the state of blackmailing unvaccinated people.
He didn't learn anything. "
He didn't learn anything.
Karl Lauterbach on Jan Josef Liefers
To classify: Liefers had recently visited an intensive care unit with corona patients.
That was what preoccupied him.
In the interview with
Bild
, he said that an intensive care unit “naturally also depicts a distorted picture of reality”.
"Because there are simply the worst of the worst cases," said the 57-year-old from Saxony, who, through his role as forensic doctor Prof. Dr.
Dr.
Karl-Friedrich Boerne
became famous
in Münster's
Tatort (ARD)
.
In the video: #allesdichtmachen - Shitstorm after satirical videos by German actors
With regard to seriously ill corona patients, Liefers said in the video interview: “There are lives and individual stories behind it, which fortunately, fortunately, are very, very, very rare.” On the other hand, he was “impressed by the people Those who work there say from their point of view: If someone could be vaccinated and doesn't want to be vaccinated, just like that, for whatever reason - I may not have time - then they don't understand, "said the TV star and said: “I am vaccinated, I also did not make it easy for myself.
I did a lot of research and in the end I weighed it up and made my decision.
Somehow everything went well for me. "
Jan Josef Liefers: Criticism in the coronavirus pandemic
Liefers had previously caused headlines and criticism in the coronavirus pandemic with the campaign #allesdichtmachen.
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