Status: 12.01.2022 9:03 p.m.
The Federal Minister of Health wants to maintain “a certain neutrality”. Just like Chancellor Scholz, he is a clear advocate of mandatory vaccination. Federal President Steinmeier urged the project to be careful.
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) will not submit his own application for a general vaccination requirement. He said that to the news portal “The Pioneer”. Presenting your own draft to the Bundestag is “not such a smart idea”. As a minister, he wanted to remain neutral.
Nevertheless, Lauterbach emphasized that he stood “shoulder to shoulder” with Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), who is a clear advocate of the general compulsory vaccination.
No time pressure
However, Lauterbach does not see any particular time pressure for compulsory vaccination. In any case, they no longer play a decisive role for the Omikron variant. Rather, the compulsory vaccination is important for a possible new wave in autumn.
The CEO of the World Medical Association, Frank Ulrich Montgomery, says, on the other hand, does not understand that the corona vaccination is a long time coming. “Politics is very slow at the moment,” he said on RTL. This applies to the implementation of the resolutions of the most recent Prime Minister’s Conference on quarantine and also on mandatory vaccination.
“When I hear that the Bundestag cannot meet because it is Carnival week and then there is no meeting, then that is a slap in the face of all the doctors and nurses who are always on call, at any time of the day or night. That cannot be an argument “says Montgomery.
Steinmeier: “Compulsory vaccination means compulsory debate”
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for a careful debate about the possible compulsory vaccination. “Such an extraordinary measure also places our state in an extraordinary duty to its citizens. In short: compulsory vaccination means compulsory debate,” said Steinmeier.
According to Steinmeier, particularly high demands must be placed on the justification for such an extraordinary measure. This is all the more true because the federal and state governments have explicitly ruled out compulsory vaccinations for a long time.
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier for a discussion about a general vaccination requirement
tagesschau24 12:00 p.m., January 12, 2022
Luxury debate
In view of the debate about mandatory vaccination in countries like Germany, the United Nations campaigned for a better global distribution of vaccines. Vaccine must also be brought to other countries, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric: “We can lead the debate on compulsory vaccination. But this is indeed a luxury. So let’s just concentrate on getting vaccines to places that need them . “
There is an oversupply of vaccines in many countries in the global north. However, in many poorer countries not all people can be vaccinated.