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Relaxation for vaccinated people: Psychologists see a risk of resentment
04.25 a.m.:
The easing for vaccinated people decided by the federal cabinet could also cause displeasure from the point of view of some psychologists.
Difficulties in the acceptance of the resolutions could arise if vaccinated people were given preferential treatment in the vacation plans, said Ernst Dietrich Munz, President of the Federal Chamber of Psychotherapists.
If the Bundestag and Bundesrat agree by Friday, the easing could apply on Saturday.
The social psychologist Ulrich Wagner from the University of Marburg is particularly critical of the planned discontinuation of vaccination prioritization in the summer.
"If the prioritization is given up or if it is no longer recognizable according to which measure is vaccinated, then a feeling of injustice arises."
This risk is already given with vaccination by family doctors.
Another point of criticism from Wagner is that there is still no digital vaccination certificate.
Fully vaccinated persons should be able to identify themselves with it.
Wagner wonders how the law enforcement officers should effectively control the new regulations.
However, the social psychologist does not take a critical view of everything.
He believes it is right that vaccinated people must continue to wear masks and keep their distance in the foreseeable future.
It is a matter of maintaining a general standard that can also be controlled.
The German Association of Cities also calls for relaxation for those who tested negative
02.15 a.m.:
In view of the planned freedoms for vaccinated people, the German Association of Cities also calls for more relaxation for
those
who tested negative.
Many people would not have been able to get vaccinated because of the lack of vaccines.
"We therefore advocate checking to a limited extent to give back freedoms to people who have tested negative on a daily basis," said the general manager of the city council, Helmut Dedy, to the newspapers of the Funke media group.
Society should not split into vaccinated and convalescent and everyone else.
This Thursday the Bundestag will vote on the planned easing for vaccinated and convalescent people.
EU defends higher payment for next Biontech vaccine shipment
01.05 a.m.:
The Brussels EU Commission defends that a higher price will be paid for the corona vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer in the future.
The planned next contract differs significantly from the first two, it was said on Wednesday evening from authorities.
For example, there are stricter delivery agreements, different liability rules and agreements to adapt the vaccine to new coronavirus variants.
In addition, the price per dose is also different because the EU will no longer pay any money for production subsidies in the future.
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The »Welt« had previously reported, citing a letter from the Federal Ministry of Finance to the budget committee of the German Bundestag, that the EU Commission would pay a significant price premium for 900 million second-generation Corona vaccine doses.
Accordingly, Germany undertakes to pay 3.83 billion euros for the proportionate 165 million cans from the EU quota.
Instead of the previously billed 15.50 euros per dose, this results in a purely arithmetical price of 23.20 euros per dose.
The third contract between the Commission and Biontech / Pfizer has been negotiated, according to "Welt" in the letter.
The EU Commission did not want to comment on the prices.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissow recently spoke of a new dose price of 19.50 euros.
EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced on April 14th that negotiations were taking place with the German company Biontech and its US partner Pfizer for the delivery of up to 1.8 billion additional doses of corona vaccine.
900 million cans should therefore be firmly ordered and an option should be concluded for a further 900 million.
BDI President criticizes the lack of open prospects for the economy
0.25
a.m
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The President of the BDI industrial association, Siegfried Russwurm, criticizes the lack of opening perspectives for parts of the economy.
"Easing the corona restrictions only for vaccinated and convalescents is not enough," Russwurm told the editorial network Germany.
For economic as well as psychological reasons, concrete opening perspectives are necessary, also for companies, in order to stimulate economic growth and to secure livelihoods.
There is no alternative to a consistent opening strategy that includes the economy in its entirety.
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