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Joachim Sauer in Turin
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Joachim Sauer, husband of Chancellor Angela Merkel, spoke about the low vaccination rate in Germany in an interview with the Italian newspaper »La Repubblica«.
“It's amazing that a third of the population doesn't follow science.
This is partly due to a certain laziness and laziness of the Germans, "said Sauer, according to the translation of the daily newspaper" Die Welt ", which distributed the interview in German.
The other group are people who follow a personal belief.
They showed "some kind of ideological response to what they consider to be a vaccination dictatorship.
This applies to all levels of education, including academics, doctors and scientists. "In the United States, the vaccination rate is similarly high, said Sauer.
"But there it can be explained by the fact that there are governors in some states who have spoken out against the vaccination."
"Science is important"
According to the report, Sauer had traveled to Turin to receive his diploma as a new foreign member of the Academy of Sciences.
He has been a foreign member there since the end of May.
He is a quantum and physical chemist.
He has been married to Merkel since 1998.
Sauer almost never gives interviews.
In the remainder of the short interview, Sauer speculates about the higher vaccination rate in Italy, which is currently 74 percent.
Maybe that's because of the tough first wave in Italy, says Sauer.
"I remember strong images, like the one of the coffins being transported in columns by military trucks." Perhaps that also helped convince people.
Probably, so Sauer further, there have always been some people who would have rejected scientific knowledge.
But the attitude has never been as obvious as it is now.
"Science is important and it would be nice if more young people could devote themselves to it."
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