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Vaccinations for children are a sensitive topic, contradictory assessments and scaremongering create uncertainty. In addition, the topic can lead to serious conflicts in families, such as a young person in fact finder podcast reported.
When it comes to vaccinations for children, many parents feel insecure: why is there no general recommendation? What is the truth behind reports of severe side effects? Why are children of all things used again and again by activists to stir up fear and hatred?
Many questions are open. What happens, for example, when parents refuse a vaccination but young people insist on it? What can young people do if the topic of Corona leads to serious conflicts in the family? This is what 16-year-old Emma* reports in fact finder podcast, she avoids the topic at home because her mother became radicalized during the pandemic. Emma fears that if she gets vaccinated against her parents’ will, it will “really blow”.
In the new issue of fact finder podcasts discussed.
Recurring Patterns
Fact checker Wolf explains that children in particular often appear in the context of false reports. In the fall, it was rumored that children had died from wearing everyday masks. In the meantime, such stories appeared mainly on the subject of vaccination. In this context, Wolf points to a central motive behind such false reports.
Children are repeatedly used as an argument to dehumanize an opponent, an enemy. This is a very typical picture. It’s so old that it predates the Internet itself. We already know that from the Middle Ages, from so-called ritual murder legends. A really well-known blood libel legend from the Middle Ages is that Jews would kidnap children, would kidnap Christian children to take their blood, drink that blood and stay young forever. This story has actually surfaced again in the context of the Corona pandemic.
Legends from the Middle Ages are “only dressed in a new, modern guise,” says Wolf.
Anja Martini explains that doctors can decide on vaccinations for young people.
Doctors can decide
Regarding the question of whether children could be vaccinated against their parents’ will, Anja Martini explains that they should seek advice from their doctor – “and in the end he has to decide whether this child is really able to decide for himself”.
Wolf recommends young people to seek help in such conflicts in the family to moderate the dispute. As an example, he cites experts who are also active in connection with sects.
Reschke and Paweletz present podcast
Since April, Reschke and daily News-Moderator Michail Pavetz the fact finder podcast in rotation. All episodes can be found at tagesschau.dein the ARD audio library as well as on many platforms that offer podcasts.
*We have changed the identity of “Emma” to protect her.