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The state pays for the corona vaccination - someone else says that Germany is not a social country.
It's going to be a gigantic undertaking, financially and logistically.
A normal flu vaccination costs around 60 euros, including medical expenses.
A corona vaccination is far more complicated and expensive.
The vaccines are more expensive than flu doses because of the research effort.
They have to be frozen extremely, which is one of the reasons why separate regional vaccination centers are being set up for mass vaccination.
Everyone needs two vaccine doses a few weeks apart, and as many, if not all of the 83 million residents of the Federal Republic of Germany should receive them.
Such a nationwide vaccination would cost five billion euros if it were a flu.
To set double the amount for the corona vaccination is still a conservative assumption.
The technically demanding structure of the vaccination centers, the staff, probably also the arrival and departure of those to be vaccinated and their notification for the two vaccination appointments - all of this has to be paid for.
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The task doesn't end there.
The management of the vaccination requires logistics that Germany last had to deal with with the unit after 1989.
If the double deadlines per vaccination are not reliably kept, the injection is of no use, the risks of a third wave increase, a lot of money is thrown out of the window, and everything is for the cat.
Investing in a smoothly running and therefore expensive organization is vital for Germany.
This calls for an information campaign because of the new avenues that are being explored with the vaccine.
People who are not internet savvy need to be reached.
The resistance to the project will be great enough anyway.
Fortunately, Germany has pursued “black zero” as its top priority in budget policy since 2005.
If the country had gone into debt as it was sometimes politically usual before, good advice would now be expensive and the necessary money would still not be there.