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Bundestag President Bärbel Bas at the first session of the new Bundestag
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The new President of the Bundestag Bärbel Bas hopes that the vaccination debate about Joshua Kimmich will also have positive effects.
She was "grateful to the national team player of FC Bayern Munich" for having reopened the discussion about the long-term consequences of vaccinations before winter, "said the SPD politician of the Düsseldorf" Rheinische Post ".
Politicians and scientists should use this example to clear up rumors about long-term damage.
“Maybe then more people will be convinced to get a vaccination before they get caught in the fourth wave that's rolling now.
In this respect, Joshua Kimmich's statement comes at the right time from my point of view, «said the previous health politician Bas.
In Germany, the steep rise in the seven-day incidence continues.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the number of new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Sunday morning at 149.4.
The previous day the value was 145.1, a week ago it was 106.3.
On October 23, after Bayern's 4-0 win against Hoffenheim, Kimmich admitted that he was not vaccinated against the new corona virus.
"Often in our society I have the impression that someone who has not been vaccinated is labeled and put under pressure," said Kimmich in an interview with the TV broadcaster Sky.
He has concerns about "the lack of long-term studies," but does not categorically rule out vaccination.
"I may still be vaccinated," said Kimmich.
It is not that he is a corona denier or vaccination opponent.
This resulted in some severe criticism.
“It's not a good thing that he's not vaccinated.
If he says he's waiting, that's difficult, ”said the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach.
DFB honorary captain Philipp Lahm said it was incomprehensible to him that Kimmich had so far not had a vaccination.
“I read a lot, and that's where I get information.
And I haven't read so many who said: vaccination is bad, "said the 37-year-old Lahm in the discussion series of the Süddeutsche Zeitung" Munich talks ".
As a professional footballer, you have a “role model function” and are a “multiplier”.
You can find a comment on Kimmich's role model function here.
Bundestag President Bas sees it that way too - and therefore offers to meet "with Joshua Kimmich for coffee".
She added: "To be clear: Despite millions of vaccinations, there is no evidence of long-term damage."
Read here why the fear of long-term consequences is unfounded.
Chancellor Angela Merkel put it similarly in an interview with the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung”.
Kimmich has the right not to be vaccinated.
To justify the Bayern player, who, among other things, referred to the lack of long-term studies on the vaccines, Merkel replied that there were "very good factual arguments that are generally available."
The Chancellor went on to say: “Maybe Joshua Kimmich is still thinking about it.
He's known as a very reflective footballer. "
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