Corona immunity: Drosten waddles off vaccination refusals - and draws explosive “steak” comparison

Created: 12/30/2021, 12:16 PM

By: Patrick Mayer

Virologist and corona expert: Christian Drosten from the Berlin Charité.

© IMAGO / Jürgen Heinrich

Christian Drosten can do it differently: The Corona expert criticizes vaccination refusals with a malicious comment on Twitter.

And not only that.

Munich - He does not allow himself a break between Christmas, New Year's Eve and the Three Kings.

Christian Drosten, prominent virologist and competent corona expert, announced on Twitter that he would "in the next few days (...) take up some of the non-destructive, honest objections here and answer them briefly".

Before he started with it, the scientist from the Berlin Charité immediately sent a snappy comment in the direction of those who opposed the vaccination and those who refused to vaccinate.

Christian Drosten: Corona expert is aimed at those who refuse to be vaccinated

Accordingly, the lines on social media that convey a touch of malice and ridicule should be interpreted for not being vaccinated against the insidious corona virus. "Anyone who believes that they can train their immune system through an infection must consequently also believe that they can train their digestion through a steak," wrote Drosten in his post on Twitter. He continued: “I am amazed at the amount of misunderstandings and misconceptions about infection, vaccination and immunity. With a little more knowledge, many could save their aggressiveness and instead make better decisions for themselves. ”“ Immune reaction vs. 'strong immune system' is like learning vs. intelligence ”.

The first 30 million booster vaccinations in Germany had been achieved around Christmas.

Between the festival and the New Year, tens of thousands of opponents of the vaccinations and the Corona rules took to the streets, especially in eastern and southern Germany.

For example, on Wednesday evening (December 29th) up to 5,000 people who refused to be vaccinated in the Bavarian metropolis of Munich, where the police and around 1,000 officers decided to intervene.

In the video: Immunization through infection?

Christian Drosten speaks plain text on Twitter

But it was also true that - as of Thursday, December 30th - only 71.1 percent of the total population in the Federal Republic were fully vaccinated.

According to the

from the Federal

of Health and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), at

least 38 percent had

also received a booster vaccination.

Corona pandemic in Germany: Still too few vaccinations against the virus

For comparison: On the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca, 82.33 percent of the people were fully vaccinated against Corona at the same time.

Virologist Christian Drosten seems to be concerned about why there are still so many vaccine skeptics and refusals in Germany.

It will be interesting to see what will happen in the coming days around the second Corona New Year's Eve.