2G in the supermarket splits: FDP vice sees vaccination compulsory - Lauterbach also finds the idea "extremely problematic"

Will only those vaccinated and recovered from corona soon be getting food in the supermarket?

The 2G model in retail is causing criticism - also from Karl Lauterbach.

Wiesbaden / Hanover - Hesse and Lower Saxony have meanwhile expanded their 2G plans to include the entire retail sector.

Means: Even in supermarkets, the operators can only invite vaccinated and convalescent people in.

If a supermarket uses 2G, distance rules and mask requirements are no longer applicable.

The decision is voluntary and therefore lies solely with the company, which is why the application is used far less often in reality - but still polarizes.

2G in the supermarket: "If that is not a compulsory vaccination, what is it?"

FDP Vice Wolfgang Kubicki has clearly criticized the 2G plans. "The path that both the Hessian and Lower Saxony state governments have taken has nothing to do with a meaningful fight against pandemics," he told

. In any case, “particular risks of infection when shopping have never been an issue”. Comprehensive knowledge on the subject is rare. A study on the risk of infection in different places had shown that the risk in theaters is lower than in the supermarket. Prerequisite: distance and mask requirement.

With a view to the two prime ministers, Kubicki said: “Volker Bouffier (Hessen / CDU) and Stephan Weil (Lower Saxony / SPD) have to answer the question of where the non-vaccinated people should shop in case of doubt if supermarkets in their vicinity implement this inhuman regulation .

If that is not a compulsory vaccination, what is it? ”It is“ obvious that the epidemic risk is decreasing from day to day because the vaccination rate continues to rise ”.

Bouffier had already said that he assumed that supermarkets would rather not make use of the option model.

2G in supermarkets: RKI refers to Corona step-by-step plan

The Robert Koch Institute recently published a brochure in which it writes: “The virus is currently mainly spreading among unvaccinated people.” Accordingly, 2G is more secure than 3G, a model that also includes people who have been tested for the coronavirus. Compared to

, the RKI does not want to comment on the situation in supermarkets, they do not comment on individual settings. A spokeswoman refers to a step-by-step plan drawn up by the RKI.

In this position paper, the RKI gives recommendations on the individual measures.

They are divided into three levels.

In the basic level, the corona situation is largely under control.

Few people are hospitalized and the incidence is less than 35 cases per 100,000 population within seven days.

In level one the incidence is 35 to 100, in level two more than 100. The incidence is not the only category for classification.

With regard to the retail sector, the RKI now writes of a simple protection concept.

It is sufficient in the basic level as well as in level one.

If the corona situation worsens massively, a 3G concept can also come into play.

There is no talk of a 2G model.

2G in supermarkets: No widespread introduction expected - Lauterbach, too, on the other hand

It is therefore not to be expected that 2G will be introduced across the board in supermarkets. For four out of five retail companies in Hesse, the 2G model of a survey is not an option anyway. For the Hessian supermarket chain Tegut, 2G is currently “not an issue” according to its own account. You don't see the need to change the hygiene concepts of the markets. "If someone - for whatever reason - does not want to be vaccinated, he remains a part of our society and must not be excluded when shopping for food," said a spokesman in Fulda. The Edeka stores will also remain "open to all customers," announced their headquarters in Hamburg. Other supermarket chains are also against it.

SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach is just as critical of 2G in supermarkets.

"Access to basic food and other basic food products must be open to everyone, including those who have not been vaccinated," he told the

.

He thinks a restriction is "extremely problematic".

With the mask requirement there is a safe alternative.

With the exception of supermarkets, however, he advocated 2G in retail.

“If retailers enforce 2G, they could let people into the store without a mask.

I think that's safe, ”said Lauterbach.