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At the Cologne vaccination center, those responsible are worried: The big wave is over, and more and more places are vacant in the waiting area.
A short time ago there was a shortage of vaccine here.
Now there are not enough people who want to be vaccinated.
For Jürgen Zastrow, head of the center, this is a high-risk game.
Original sound from Jürgen Zastrow, chief vaccinator and chairman of the Cologne Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, “Because everyone will get this virus. Yes, whether now or in three weeks or in three months, we must expect that we will reach 100 percent contamination of the population. Then there are some who are vaccinated and they will be fine, they don't have to go to the hospital. And there are the others. "
According to the doctor, the dwindling demand for immunization against Covid-19 is also due to increasing vaccination fatigue.
It must be fought as quickly as possible.
O-Ton Jürgen Zastrow, Senior Vaccine Doctor and Chairman of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Cologne “
I would think it would be good if everyone looked a little at their neighbors and said: Listen, please put on a mask in rooms.
Or do you not want to get vaccinated?
We have to come to the point, so to speak, that we increase the pressure on those who do not participate, in a friendly manner, but increase so that we get better prophylaxis against the corona infections and also milder courses for everyone. "
According to Zastrow, this pressure should also be increased by restricting those who refuse to be vaccinated.
O-Ton Jürgen Zastrow, Chief Vaccine Doctor and Chairman of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Cologne “I would absolutely be in favor of not allowing people who have not been vaccinated in the restaurant or in events. Everyone has to decide for themselves. But it cannot be that someone lets his personal decision become a risk for others. "
Classroom teaching in schools remains a sensitive issue.
Zastrow criticizes the permanent vaccination commission Stiko.
Her recommendation to vaccinate children aged 12 and over only if they are at increased risk annoys him.
O-Ton Jürgen Zastrow, Chief Vaccine Doctor and Chairman of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Cologne “
I would like all those who should and want to go to school to be vaccinated. And otherwise I fundamentally disagree with the Standing Vaccination Commission, which says that under 16 only children should be vaccinated or adolescents who are at increased risk. I totally reject that. This is an individualistic view for the individual. That may be true, it is not wrong either, but from an epidemiological point of view it is a disaster.
According to surveys by the RKI, 17.1 percent of those under the age of 60 who have not been vaccinated are still undecided as to whether they should be given the injection. Some politicians are already bringing up US-style incentives. There the authorities try to increase the willingness to vaccinate with bonuses such as free donuts or free marijuana.
