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Is Germany planning mandatory vaccination?
Before the new Infection Protection Act was passed in Germany, it was widely rumored that it provided for forced vaccination, massive restrictions on freedoms, total surveillance, military enforcement, and even turning parliaments into a silent card.
Here are the facts. The amended Infection Protection Act lists the steps authorities can take to limit the pandemic. For example: observance of social distance, restrictions on contacts in public and private spaces, restrictions on travel, cultural and sporting events, obligation to wear protective masks. In other words: measures that are already in force and for which the relevant legal basis has already been established are mentioned.
As for the allegation of impending mandatory vaccination, it is unfounded. No measures have been taken to restrict the work of parliaments or lead to “total control”.
The allegations that the restrictions would be imposed with the help of the military are also not based on facts. Under the constitution, the army in Germany can be used only in exceptional cases and only in case of natural disaster or state of emergency.
However, two of the accusations are partially true: the freedom to travel has been subject to restrictions. The same goes for freedom of assembly. It has not been repealed in general, but certain partial restrictions are allowed – “when necessary to protect the population and especially as a preventive measure against overloading the health system.”
First doses of the vaccine before the end of the year?
Did the two creators of the vaccine Biontech announced on their personal profiles of social networks that could deliver the first doses later this year? It was this statement that appeared in two identical posts on Twitter.
This is what the facts say. The message is false: neither Yozlem Tureci nor Ugur Sahin wrote something like this on Twitter. The two co-founders of Biontech don’t even have personal Twitter accounts, the company explained. The accounts in question are fake and have in the meantime been deleted.
The two fake accounts from which the false information was posted were created in August and September, initially apparently under a different name. There is also a Turkish profile in Turkey, which is obviously also fake.
Does the vaccine change human DNA?
It is also rumored in social networks Biontech and Pfizer vaccine technology uses mRNA that has never been tested and approved for use. The technology altered human DNA and 75% of the volunteers tested with the vaccine had serious side effects, wrote American journalist Emerald Robinson on Twitter.
Verification of the facts shows that this statement is incorrect. Pfizer and Biontech do use the aforementioned mRNA technology, in which fragments of the coronavirus genetic code are used to reproduce the virus in the human body. As a result, the immune system recognizes it and begins to produce antibodies, thus creating immunity against COVID-19. The vaccine developed in this way is already being intensively tested. The third clinical phase of trials with more than 43,000 people is currently underway.
Emerald journalist Robinson, White House correspondent for the conservative website Newsmax, also claims that the vaccine altered human DNA. There is nothing true in this accusation. The German Paul Ehrlich Institute, responsible for vaccines and biomedical products, explains on its website: “There is no danger of mRNA integration into the human genome. This genome is contained in the cell nucleus in the form of DNA. Any incorporation of RNA to DNA is impossible due to their different chemical structures.
Mark Linas of Cornell University in the United States says the same. He told Reuters: “This is a myth that is often deliberately spread by opponents of vaccines to create confusion.”
Authors: Yosha Weber, Robert Madge
Germany
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