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An association is preparing the “Stop vaccination” initiative. Health politicians reply that there will be no such thing in Switzerland anyway.
The table of the initiative alludes to the fear of mandatory vaccination: three males push another figure in the direction of the needle, although it obviously resists.
Photo: «20 minutes»
The association “Freedom Movement Switzerland” is preparing a federal popular initiative against compulsory vaccination. As reported by “20 Minuten”, the group wants to enshrine in the constitution that those who refuse to be vaccinated cannot be punished and that “they cannot suffer social or professional disadvantages.”
The head of the initiative is Richard Koller, former political vice president of the canton of Lucerne. In 2017 he was party secretary of SVP Luzern, but he was releasedbecause he got in the way of SVP Switzerland with his own initiative against the free movement of people.
The 60-year-old is already promoting the new referendum in a video on YouTube, and he is urgently warning about genetic vaccines and a possible mandatory vaccination due to the corona pandemic.
Richard Koller is the director of the “Stop Vaccination” initiative. (June 14, 2017)
Photo: Anthony Anex (Keystone)
So imagine a society in which one is marginalized and penalized without a corona vaccine. Parents who did not want their children vaccinated despite the obligation to vaccinate would have to wait for Kesb to take them away, she says. It is also conceivable that the vaccination card will become the new identification. “Those who are not vaccinated can no longer come to the club or buy a public transport ticket.”
For Koller, this is not a horror story. We don’t know what the future will bring. A year ago you couldn’t have imagined the world as it is today. ”Anyone who says that mandatory vaccination will not go into effect can still accept the initiative.
Currently there is no compulsory vaccination in Switzerland. However, the Epidemic Law provides for the possibility of compulsory vaccination for certain population groups, such as health personnel. For Koller this is shocking. “We give each person in the health service the authority to decide for themselves about vaccination,” he argues. “It cannot be that politics decides what is injected into our body. That is not a lack of solidarity. Vaccination carries risks. Anyone afraid of the virus will protect themselves anyway. “
“The FOPH should also have listened to ‘scientists who think differently.’
Koller is skeptical of the Federal Council’s crown measures. “The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) should have listened more closely to scientists who think differently during the pandemic,” he says. For example, you question the benefit of the mask requirement. I am a dissident. In Switzerland, everyone should have the right to express their opinion. “
Koller is convinced that it will work with the 100,000 firms. “Tens of thousands of people have already provided their support online. Also, we can draw on a wide network, including doctors and lawyers. “But whoever sits next to him on the committee does not want to reveal to Koller:” There are well-known and lesser-known people from across the political spectrum. “
Opponents describe the initiative as “scare tactics”
Ruth Humbel, CVP National Counselor and Chairperson of the Health Commission, believes it is possible that the “group of crown skeptics and opponents of vaccination” could collect 100,000 signatures. But there will be no mandatory vaccination in Switzerland, where you are given the vaccine against your will, Humbel says. “Those are scare tactics.” It is possible that there is mandatory vaccination for certain population groups such as health personnel.
“If a disease came with the deadly plague, an obligation would be necessary to protect the population.”
In the corona pandemic, the greatest protection can be achieved through vaccines, Humbel says. “It is conceivable that in the future you will have to try a vaccine if you want to go to a disco or a concert.” The goal should be to be able to return to a normal economic and social life, if possible. If you want to eradicate the virus at some point, this requires the solidarity of all. “I am convinced that the population wants to keep the option of compulsory vaccination open,” says Humbel. “She came out in favor of the epidemic law in 2012.”
The National GLP Councilor, Jörg Mäder, also doubts the introduction of mandatory vaccines. “In Switzerland the principle of proportionality applies,” he explains. “There will be no mandatory vaccination for the general population in the corona pandemic.” However, a law must provide for all eventualities. “If a disease came with the deadly plague, the obligation to protect the population would be necessary.”
