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The German Ethics Council believes it is wrong to end the state restrictions on freedom for vaccinated people decided on because of the corona pandemic - there could be exceptions in inpatient facilities for people in need of care and disabled people.
The main reason is the uncertainty whether vaccinated people could infect other people, said the chairman of the ethics council, Alena Buyx, on Thursday in Berlin.
As long as not all people had the chance to get a vaccination, special treatment for vaccinated people would also be perceived as unjust.
The statement provoked a number of reactions, including clear criticism.
For example, constitutional lawyer Christoph Möllers told “Deutschlandfunk” that he considered the solidarity argument problematic.
Calls for solidarity are not really ethical, but “rather political arguments that hold the shop together a little at a moment when everything threatens to dissolve somewhat.” The fact that freedom is the normal rule and restrictions are actually the exception , would be a bit too short in the whole framework of the opinion, said Möllers.
The decision is also rated differently in the comment columns of the daily press.
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"Süddeutsche Zeitung": Those who do not burden the health system should regain some of their rights
“Fundamental rights may only be restricted if this is objectively necessary and proportionate, for example to protect life.
Anyone who, as a vaccinated person, no longer burdens the health system and puts others at significantly less risk can therefore demand that at least some of their rights be regained.
Yes, vaccination certificates are required for this and this can affect vaccine skeptics.
Both are to be accepted in the interest of civil liberties.
The ban on discrimination does not apply here either.
It allows unequal treatment if there is an objective reason.
Vaccination protection can be such.
The ethics council will soon have the question - “Special rules for vaccinated people” - before it again.
He should open up to greater freedom for vaccinated people.
It would also be a sign of hope: things are looking up.
Not yet for everyone, but for more and more people. "
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“Passauer Neue Presse”: The conflict issue of “mandatory vaccination through the back door” has not really been resolved
“With its differentiated and wise recommendations on how to deal with people who have been vaccinated against corona, the Ethics Council has both raised hope and dampened premature expectations.
Special treatment of vaccinated persons cannot be justified as long as it is not clear whether there is still a risk of infection despite the “prick”.
Beyond this sobering, but also realistic description of the current situation, the advisory committee presents an opening perspective that leads step by step to the desired relief.
The legislature must now decide.
Since possibilities are also described to differentiate between vaccinated and unvaccinated persons from a certain point in time, the conflict issue of “mandatory vaccination through the back door” is not really eliminated.
It will keep the public busy "
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“Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung”: Nobody has to say thank you when they get their basic rights back
“Language changes consciousness.
Words have crept into the vaccination debate that can dangerously change awareness of our fundamental rights.
Suddenly there is talk of “special rights” and “privileges”.
Even the Chancellor recently spoke of “new freedoms”.
The Ethics Council recommends avoiding such terms.
OK then.
Because no matter how long the pandemic with its restrictions lasts: the encroachment on fundamental rights is a state of emergency.
The government is only allowed to restrict fundamental rights because our representatives have allowed it to do so under certain conditions.
And nobody has to say thank you when they get it back.
But this threatens to be forgotten due to wrong terms. "
"Neue Zürcher Zeitung": "It's like so often in Germany: First comes the moral, then comes the facts"
“Vaccination has not really started yet in Germany, and yet the country is already passionately discussing whether the state restrictions on freedom for vaccinated people can be lifted.
(...) It is like so often in Germany: First comes the moral, then comes the facts.
The country's ethics council has now also submitted a statement in which it speaks out against hastily withdrawing restrictions on freedom. (...)
Of course, nobody can want a collapse.
But is he really threatening, and if so, where?
The so-called seven-day incidences are now in double digits again in most German federal states.
The number of free intensive care beds is also no reason to paint a national attack of weakness on the wall. "
“Darmstädter Echo”: Special treatment would tear society apart
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“Where would special treatment - when traveling, at concerts, when shopping or at sporting events - lead?
In social control and even greater bondage for many.
Society would be torn apart.
Even if you hardly want to hear it anymore, there is only one recommendation that is really good: vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate. The faster the better. Only in this way will the unfortunate debate about supposed special rights quickly become irrelevant. Note: You also pay a price for non-existent vaccines - even if not to pharmaceutical companies. "