In the debate about a general corona vaccination requirement in Germany, the various proposals should be published on Monday in an expert hearing of the Bundestag (10.00 a.m.) be discussed. the German Hospital Society stated in a statement that the duty for all adults should come and be “held by a broad political base”.. She referred to the compulsory vaccination for clinic staff that had already been introduced. In view of the continuing tense situation in the wards, it can no longer be conveyed that employees have to accept this, but that patients can decide for or against vaccinations based solely on personal considerations.
the German Society for Infectious Diseases explained in her statement that, despite intensive efforts, it had not been possible to achieve a sufficiently high vaccination rate. One Mandatory vaccinations for adults offer an opportunity to “safely achieve” this. A further restriction to people over 50 years of age or risk groups is not recommended. An additional protective effect by reducing the virus circulation by vaccinating as many people as possible is “essential for the goal of reducing the burden of disease”.
Also the Professional association of paediatricians advocated compulsory vaccination for all adults in his statement. “With their behavior, unvaccinated adults in particular restrict the basic rights of children. We consider that unacceptable.”
In the Bundestag, the draft for compulsory vaccination from the age of 18, which is supported by more than 230 MPs, has had the greatest support so far. It was submitted by a group led by Greens expert Janosch Dahmen and SPD parliamentary group leader Dirk Wiese. In addition, there is a draft by a group around the FDP MP Andrew Ullmann for an obligation to provide advice and then a possible obligation to vaccinate from the age of 50. A group around FDP Vice Wolfgang Kubicki rejects compulsory vaccination. Union and AfD have also submitted applications. The Bundestag is expected to decide at the beginning of April without the usual parliamentary group specifications.
the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA) stated: “Compulsory vaccination can be a useful contribution to increasing the vaccination rate if it is practicable and realisable and the control and enforcement is properly regulated.” Unfortunately, there is currently neither a vaccination register nor are electronic patient files widespread. The recording and control of compulsory vaccinations via the statutory health insurance companies, as provided for in the drafts, threatens to be very time-consuming and error-prone to implement.
the Central Association of Statutory Health Insurance (statutory health insurance) pointed to practical problems in the draft for compulsory vaccination from the age of 18. The cash registers are “not health or regulatory authorities,” says the statement. Planned information letters to the insured by May 15 cannot be fulfilled in the set time frame from an organizational point of view. It is questionable whether enough paper alone could be procured to write to 60 million people affected.
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) campaigned again on Sunday evening on ARD and RTL for general vaccination and for the two drafts in the Bundestag for vaccination from the age of 18 and from 50 to be combined.