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DThe Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet, calls for more speed in vaccination against the corona virus. Get off the vaccination bureaucracy, be faster and also vaccinate on weekends, the CDU president said Tuesday night in an “Extra” ARD. Laschet admitted that stopping vaccines with Astra-Zeneca had delayed plans. But he emphasized that if there were caveats from science, politics should get advice. “We are awaiting the decision of the European Medicines Agency on Thursday. Then on Friday is the vaccination summit, where we will discuss together among the 16 countries. “
Due to possible health risks, vaccines with the substance Astra-Zeneca in Germany have been suspended since Monday. This had also caused the cancellation of the vaccination summit, which was actually scheduled for this Wednesday. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is expected to issue a recommendation on the safety of the vaccine on Thursday.
Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz expects a positive signal from the EMA. At the same time, the SPD politician emphasized in a ZDF “special” that politics should not ignore the advice of scientists. However, the available vaccine will soon increase in number. In June / July there could be “maybe” ten million doses of vaccines per week in Germany. Then you have to prepare everything and clarify which vaccination centers, which family doctors and which company doctors can do. That needs to be discussed and planned in detail. That is why the vaccination summit is “very important advice.”
Drosten warns again of a drastic increase
Virologist Christian Drosten regretted the stoppage of vaccination with Astra-Zeneca. For now, the main thing to remember is that “we need this vaccine,” the Charité scientist emphasized on Tuesday in an NDR podcast. Currently, the epidemiological situation is not good in Germany. The more contagious B.1.1.7 virus variant is becoming more and more prevalent, its share now being three-quarters. “Shortly after Easter we will have a situation like Christmas,” said the virologist. It will be particularly “tricky” for age groups 50 and older who have not yet been vaccinated.
“The suspension of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine maximizes the damage to the image that the German vaccination strategy suffers from the beginning,” the federal president of the German Association of Family Physicians, Ulrich Weigeldt, told the Funke newspapers. group. “Vaccination is and continues to be a matter of trust.” Anyone who wants to regain people’s trust must ensure that those who have been vaccinated recognize the significance of vaccination for themselves and for society. There are individual risks with each vaccination. It is essential that “the benefits clearly outweigh the risks”. General practitioners could explain this to their long-term patients better than “anonymous vaccination centers.”
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Kubicki: Spahn and Almaier fired
FDP Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki suggested to Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) the removal of Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) for his actions in the Corona crisis. “There are only a few months until the elections, but replacing Spahn as Minister of Health would help create a new confidence in the state among the population,” Kubicki told the Germany publishing network. “Mr. Spahn’s performance as Minister of Health can only be rated a five or a six. Spahn is not up to the task. ” Germany did not protect the homes for the elderly and the elderly in time, Spahn opted too late for mask protection and also failed with the testing and vaccination strategy, according to the FDP politician.
“Peter Altmaier should also remove the chancellor from his post as finance minister,” Kubicki added. “Altmaier failed to deliver the promised aid to the self-employed even in an approximate bearable time.” This policy of procrastination continues with Corona’s distress fund.
Green parliamentary leader Katrin Göring-Eckardt also attacked Spahn. “With the uncoordinated and poorly communicated suspension of vaccines with Astra-Zeneca, Health Minister Spahn has further undermined confidence in the vaccination policy,” he told the Funke media group newspapers. Spahn and the government should now “put a plan on the table on how you can quickly increase protection through vaccines,” demanded Göring-Eckardt.
Juso’s boss, Jessica Rosenthal, accused Spahn of a “total communication failure” regarding the suspension of the Astra-Zeneca vaccines. “His approach damages not only confidence in the vaccine, but also in political decision makers,” said Rosenthal of the “Rheinische Post.”
Junge Union chief Tilman Kuban took Spahn and Altmaier under protection. Both would be “held responsible for things they are not responsible for,” Kuban told Funke newspapers. Altmaier “jumped into the gap when financial aid was paid because Finance Minister Scholz and the federal states deviated,” Kuban said. Purchasing and organizing tests is the responsibility of the federal states. The dissatisfaction of the citizens with the management of the crown is fueled “by the fights and the unfriendly treatment in the federal government”, accused the head of the JU of the SPD.
