In view of the increasing corona numbers, the call for mandatory vaccinations is loud. 2G rules divide society more than just one mandatory requirement. A comment by Merkur editor-in-chief Georg Anastasiadis.
Munich – Many crocodile tears are currently being shed because of the alleged mistakes of the new traffic light coalition in the Corona * policy. Above all, the Union never tires of scourging the government (which is not yet in office). But the larger oversight is the responsibility of the still managing GroKo: It was the – as we had to learn painfully – unfortunately premature vow not to introduce compulsory vaccinations in the pandemic *.
Complicated 2G regulations divide society
At the time, the government had a plausible argument for this: compulsory vaccination divides society. Merkel *, Spahn * and Scholz * wanted to be compliant, as well as with early retirement, nuclear policy and the abolition of compulsory military service. The Delta variant was still far away and there was great hope for many volunteers.
Today, in the third Corona * winter, we know better. Nothing divides the people more than a thicket of complicated and massively controversial 2G regulations, which have become inevitable due to the low vaccination rate, without being able to avert new partial lockdowns in the end. Vaccination advocates and opponents have been sore from the never-ending argument about how much marginalization unvaccinated people have to put up with.
Compulsory vaccination could provide clarity
Compulsory vaccination *, for example for everyone over 60, is unreasonable for opponents of vaccination (even if the fear of long-term consequences of the vaccine has proven to be unfounded). But it creates clarity and ends a debate that in the end only saw losers: the vaccinated, who, despite immunization, are increasingly angry in an endless loop of lockdowns *; and the unvaccinated who feel treated like lepers.
Berlin scientists have calculated: Unvaccinated people are currently involved in nine out of ten infections. Your right to freedom of physical integrity must not be valued higher than the right of the majority to keep society functioning. The chancellor-designate expects a lot from many of his countrymen. He and the FDP *, allied with him, are a “faller”, some now scoff at. The CDU * and CSU * shouldn’t puff themselves up too much. It was they, with their years of inactivity, that gave Merkel’s heirs this bumpy start. (geo) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
#divides #compulsory #vaccination #Scholz #Corona #change