The corona numbers are increasing rapidly in Germany.
Now the first prime ministers are planning a possible vaccination requirement and stricter measures.
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The Corona * situation in Germany is becoming more and more dramatic.
Now the federal states are calling for tougher measures in view of the increasing numbers of infections *.
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Update from Friday, November 26th, 2021, 6:25 a.m.:
In view of the refusal to vaccinate in parts of the population, Düsseldorf economics professor Justus Haucap pleads for voluntarily encouraging unvaccinated people to rethink their thinking with financial pressure. From an economic point of view, it makes good economic sense to include those who refuse to vaccinate in their Covid treatment costs, writes the professor of competitive economics at Düsseldorf's Heinrich Heine University in an article for the Rheinische Post published in Düsseldorf (Friday).
"If the decision for or against the vaccination is to remain a private matter, then the financial consequences should also be a private matter," explained Haucap.
After all, this principle is also known from other areas of life.
It is also conceivable to immediately charge a surcharge to health insurance for people who have not been vaccinated because of the much higher risk of infection.
Unfortunately, reaching into the wallet often works better than all appeals.
In this way, a general compulsory vaccination can also be avoided.
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The intensive care units are full of corona patients - most of them are not vaccinated.
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New corona measures: Söder pleads for early federal-state meetings
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Munich / Berlin - Due to the increasing number of Corona * cases in many regions of Germany, the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder * (CSU *) has spoken out in favor of bringing forward the federal-state summit planned for December 9, including possible changes to the Infection Protection Act to discuss. "Every opportunity to improve the current crisis situation must be used," said Söder, according to a report by the AFP news agency on Thursday in the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
For example, Söder criticized the new Infection Protection Act *, which the Bundestag passed with a majority of the traffic light parties last week: The regulations are "not appropriate to the current situation".
The Bavarian Prime Minister is also following the line taken by the Executive Chancellor Angela Merkel * (CDU *), who has already called for stricter measures on several occasions.
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The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder has meanwhile spoken out in favor of compulsory vaccination.
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Aggravation of the corona situation: Söder for compulsory vaccinations and vaccinations in pharmacies
In order to advance the vaccination campaign, Söder is now also in favor of mandatory vaccination, which the executive Union Health Minister Jens Spahn * had dismissed as impracticable at a press conference a few weeks ago. According to Söder, only the obligation to “pacify society and bring us back to freedom as we knew it before Corona”. In order to speed up the vaccination campaign, Söder demands that pharmacists also be given permission to vaccinate.
In doing so, Söder is following the demands of several prime ministers who have made similar statements in the past few days.
The Saarland Prime Minister Tobias Hans (CDU) had already called for the Prime Minister's Conference planned for December to be brought forward.
The Hessian Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) and Reiner Haseloff (CDU) from Saxony-Anhalt also spoke out in favor of introducing mandatory vaccination.
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In some federal states - including Bavaria - the clinics are reaching their limits.
Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) is calling for stricter measures as soon as possible.
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Corona policy: State leaders call for an early federal-state round
If the meeting between the Chancellor and the heads of the federal states is brought forward, as requested by Söder, the Executive Chancellor Angela Merkel could be entrusted with the management of the body one last time before her designated successor Olaf Scholz * (SPD *) takes over government affairs.
He is expected to be sworn in as Federal Chancellor in the week after December 6th.
The parties are currently gradually announcing who should belong to Scholz's cabinet *.
(ska / AFP)
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