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secondChancellor Angela Merkel has also called for cohesion in the fight against coronavirus for the new year and has highlighted hope through gradual vaccinations. “It is up to all of us for a long time to find out how we got out of this pandemic,” the CDU policy said, according to a previously published text, in her allegedly last New Year’s speech as head of government. “In addition to the vaccine, we have the most effective means in our own hands by adhering to the rules, each and every one of us.” She is always grateful for the discipline with which most people wear masks and try to keep their distance. Merkel strongly opposed attempts to cast doubt on the general health risk.
The Chancellor stressed that at the end of a “breathless year” it was also important to pause and cry. “As a society we must not forget how many have lost a loved one without being able to be close to them in the last hours.” You can only guess how bitter you must feel for these people when some incorrigible people denied the virus. and be denied. “Conspiracy theories are not only false and dangerous, they are also cynical and cruel to these people.”
The vaccines that have now started gave hope to the elderly, their nurses, and staff in intensive care units. “There are more every day, gradually other age groups and occupations will be added, and then everyone who wants it,” Merkel said. “I’ll also get vaccinated when it’s my turn.”
Merkel’s last address
The first reliable corona test was developed in Germany and now also the first vaccine approved in Europe, the preparation of the Mainz company Biontech and its US partner Pfizer. The founders of Biontech reported that people from 60 countries work at their company. “Nothing could show better that it is European and international cooperation, that it is the power of diversity that brings progress.”
Merkel claimed that the crown pandemic was a political, social and economic task of the century. Thank you all for embarking on “this historic feat of strength” with confidence and patience. Many have remained young without ringing the bell, such as doctors and nurses, employees of the health authorities and the armed forces with their support. Numerous numbers have also contributed to the fact that life is still possible despite the pandemic, including in supermarkets, post offices, buses and trains, in police stations or in schools and kindergartens. Merkel also referred to emergency state aid for companies and employees.
The chancellor also made a “personal” comment that this “in all likelihood” would be her last New Year’s speech. He will no longer run in the federal elections on September 26, 2021; so how quickly a successor will take office will depend on the speed at which the government is formed. “I think I’m not exaggerating when I say: never in the last 15 years have we all found the old year so difficult, and despite all the worries and skepticism, we have never looked forward to the new year with such hope,” he said. Merkel looking back on her tenure.
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