The Bundestag has rejected compulsory vaccination from the age of 60.
The first reactions to this in the district from senior representatives: disappointment and anger.
Freising
– “Should we not react again until the worst case scenario occurs?” Rita Schwaiger, Chairwoman of the Freising District Senior Citizens’ Advisory Council, is disappointed that the Bundestag has rejected compulsory vaccination from the age of 60.
Markus Khauer, one of the managers of the Schönblick retirement home in Nandlstadt, is annoyed by something completely different.
For Rita Schwaiger it would have been a "good thing" to introduce mandatory vaccinations from the age of 60.
"Because seniors are simply more at risk and are less able to cope with corona disease." In addition, compulsory vaccination would have helped to relieve hospitals.
After all, the beds in the Freising Clinic are still full of Covid patients.
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"From the experiences of the last two years, we know that the numbers always increase massively in autumn and winter," emphasized Schwaiger.
“But apparently the worst always has to happen before politicians react.” But then it is too late to achieve a higher vaccination rate.
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Strong supporter of compulsory vaccinations over 60 years: Rita Schwaiger, chairwoman of the district senior citizens' advisory board.
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Markus Khauer considers compulsory vaccination to be problematic.
After all, many vaccinated people would end up in the hospital in the omicron wave.
In addition, all seniors in the "Schönblick" had already received the fourth vaccination.
But something else bothers him.
“That politicians are always picking out professional groups for which tougher measures apply.” Nurses were the first population group to have been vaccinated and were among the few people who would still have to wear a mask.
His conclusion: "No matter what measure the politicians have taken, it has never helped to make care easier, and that frustrates the employees."
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Markus Khauer, head of the Schönblick retirement home, currently considers mandatory vaccination to be problematic
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