Anne Spiegel (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, advocates compulsory vaccination from the age of 18.
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When it comes to people who refuse to vaccinate, Germany has reached the “end of the road”. However, the vaccination rate must be increased significantly so that the coming autumn and winter do not bring new difficulties.
BFederal Minister for Family Affairs Anne Spiegel (Greens) considers the introduction of compulsory vaccination for adults to be urgently necessary in the corona pandemic. “We tried a lot to reach people through vaccination campaigns and low-threshold offers. But we’ve now reached the end of the road,” Spiegel told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. “In order to further increase the vaccination rate, we need compulsory vaccination from the age of 18.”
For them, the falling number of infections is no reason to move away from the planned compulsory vaccination: “We must not be fooled by the declining number of cases, but must expect that dangerous mutations will also be on the way in the future. They can give us a difficult autumn and winter if we don’t significantly increase the vaccination rate,” said the Green politician.
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