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Saturday 28 November 2020
I reject every fifth
Barmer: only a small majority of those who are willing to vaccinate
Vaccines against the coronavirus are within reach. A first vaccine according to international standards could receive approval in December. According to a survey, one in two people in Germany wants to be vaccinated safely. That’s probably not enough for herd immunity.
According to a survey, a good half of Germans want to get vaccinated against the corona virus. In a survey on behalf of the health insurance company Barmer, 53 percent said they wanted to do so, as reported by newspapers in the Germany publishing network. Among those surveyed with children, 42 percent said they would also like to see their children vaccinated.
According to the report, a total of about 2,000 people were interviewed. Fifteen percent said they would like to be vaccinated, nine percent “probably not” and 13 percent “definitely not.” 10 percent of those surveyed were undecided.
“There is no way around vaccination to overcome the corona pandemic,” Barmer’s boss Christoph Straub told newspapers. “That is why it is an important sign that the majority of citizens want to be vaccinated.” The larger the arrangement, the better, Straub added. With vaccination, people not only protected themselves, but also those who could not be immunized.
The WHO recently named a vaccination rate of 60 to 70 percent of the population as necessary for effective control of the corona pandemic. There are some studies that have shown that this number is necessary to achieve what is known as herd immunity, said WHO’s chief vaccination expert, Katherine O’Brien.
According to the report, 69 percent of those who were willing to get vaccinated said they wanted to protect themselves as best as possible as a reason for vaccination. 62 percent cited the reason for wanting to protect others. 32 percent said they wanted a vaccine because the crown’s restrictions were a burden on them.
Of those who did not want to be vaccinated, 68 percent cited questions about the safety of vaccines as the reason. 60 percent fear excessive side effects. Slightly more than one in five (22 percent) said they generally did not think about vaccination. Multiple responses were possible for reasons for and against vaccination.
Blume: vaccination is the only way to normality
CSU Secretary General Markus Blume appealed to citizens to participate in vaccinations. “Vaccination is the only way to get back to normal,” he told the “world.” “Vaccination should, of course, become a patriotic affair for everyone. For themselves and for others.”
With a view to the ongoing partial lockdown to combat the pandemic, Blume said the “lateral movement phase in the number of infections” must end. “We cannot afford a continuous corona cycle in terms of health, ethics and economics.”
At particularly high-numbered access points, curfews could also be an option, Blume said. “Nobody wants to impose exit restrictions, but in view of such values they can be a means of choice. What nobody wants is an illness that lasts for weeks or months.”
