“Do you have to boost it?”: Söder reproaches Lauterbach and Scholz - is he right too?

Created: 12/23/2021 05:06 AM

By: Patrick Mayer

Federal Minister of Health: Karl Lauterbach from the SPD.

© IMAGO / Reiner Zensen

Bavaria's CSU boss Markus Söder holds the federal government around Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Health Minister Karl Lauterbach with a view of the booster vaccinations something that has actually already been answered.

Munich / Berlin - smoke candle, disruptive fire, diversionary maneuvers: anyone who wants to describe political skirmishes and conflicts has a broad “toolkit” of metaphors.

This instrument box is a popular comparison in the rhetoric of the coronavirus pandemic.

Especially with Markus Söder (CSU) when the Bavarian Prime Minister wants to describe the repertoire of measures and possible tightening of the corona.

Corona booster vaccinations for those who have recovered?

Markus Söder (CSU) criticizes the traffic light

On Tuesday (December 21), the country leaders and Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) came together virtually for the Corona summit to discuss possible tightening of the Omikron wave.

And that just before Christmas and New Year's Eve.

The new corona rules for Germany were ultimately moderate, partly in line with what already applied in Bavaria.

Also for this reason, Söder did not miss an opportunity to deal against the corona policy of the traffic light government made up of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP.

What about the many who have recovered?

Do they also have to be boosted?

Bavaria's head of state Markus Söder (CSU)

“I am convinced that everything the federal government is doing is a bit bumpy.

The Chancellor was clearly trying to involve, to integrate.

Which should be noted positively.

But it has been going back and forth for the last few days as far as the legal measures are concerned, ”said the 54-year-old Franconian in an interview with

.

According to the

, he is said to

have pugned with FDP ministers Christian Lindner (finance) and Marco Buschmann (justice)

in the said federal-

state group.

Markus Söder: Bavaria's Prime Minister criticizes Ampel and Minister Karl Lauterbach

He then gave a lecture in the

on the Omikron variant: “We need more knowledge about it: How difficult are the gradients? In particular, are children and young people affected? What about the many who have recovered? Do they also have to be boosted? ”He asked“ during the entire MPK about this. There was no final answer. It just said: We are working on it, "said Söder, and said:" We need reliable statements in order to be able to plan further vaccination campaigns. "

But: was the Bavarian Prime Minister right with his criticism that there was uncertainty about the need for booster vaccinations for those who have recovered?

Or was he wrong?

Is there such a recommendation yet?

The fact is: Lauterbach already remarked in a tweet from August 25 with reference to a study from Israel on the delta variant of the coronavirus: "Recovered plus BionTech had particularly high protection."

In the video: Corona - Lauterbach wants to promote booster vaccinations over Christmas

It is also a fact: on November 30th, the Standing Vaccination Commission, or STIKO for short, issued a public recommendation on this subject.

The

National Association of Statutory

wrote in a statement on the same day: “For people who have had a SARS-CoV-2 infection and then received a dose of vaccine, the STIKO recommends a booster vaccination, usually six months after the previous vaccination. "

Corona booster vaccinations for those who have recovered?

Karl Lauterbach (SPD) already provided answers

In simple terms: The STIKO recommended a booster vaccination at the end of November after recovery from a corona infection.

To classify: The same STIKO is based as a voluntary and independent expert group at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

The RKI is in turn part of the Federal Ministry of Health as an independent higher federal authority.

And on that November 30th, it was still under the control of the Union-led government.

Has Söder escaped?

Or where does his sudden criticism of the traffic light come from?

Attacked the traffic lights: Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU).

© IMAGO / Sammy Minkoff

Recently, it was repeatedly pointed out that there is not yet sufficient data on booster vaccinations in convalescents. On December 5th, a day before he was sworn in as Minister of Health, Lauterbach said with a view to Omikron on “Anne Will” (ARD): “We have to reckon with the fact that those who have already been vaccinated are at risk, but certainly those who who have recovered or have just been vaccinated, or who were vaccinated a long time ago. We have to boost as soon as possible. ”At the press conference on his corona vaccination strategy, the Minister of Health finally calculated on December 16 that for 83 million people in Germany, 73 million booster vaccinations would be needed. This presumably also includes those who have recovered. So what does Söder have to accuse him of? Nothing?