The Ethics Council keeps the political executive's back free when it comes to vaccination policy, not only in the short term, but also in the long term: for the time when all German citizens will have the opportunity to be vaccinated. With the decline in severe disease and deaths in the course of the vaccination program, the general restrictions on freedom should be gradually withdrawn. Once the state restrictions on freedom have been lifted, it is “conceivable” from the perspective of the Ethics Council that private providers could design special formats for vaccinated people - and provide proof of vaccination, for example, as a condition of participation in cultural events, visits to restaurants and air travel.