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In view of the fact that a vaccination against the coronavirus will soon be possible, the federal government is currently working on a vaccination strategy.
Specifically, this is to be regulated in an ordinance.
According to a draft of the Scientific Services of the Bundestag, this is not the right way to go.
The document available to the German Press Agency states: “The prevailing view that the prioritization of certain population groups for access to vaccines requires a formal law that regulates at least the essential criteria for the distribution of a scarce vaccine must be agreed . "
The Bundestag should vote
Finally, the Federal Constitutional Court held that, in particular, the relevance of a measure to fundamental rights was decisive for whether it should be regulated by a formal law.
The possibility of being vaccinated against the cause of the disease Covid-19 is of enormous relevance for the entire population, as everyone is equally affected by the risk of infection and the resulting restrictions in everyday life.
The decision as to which population groups are initially to be preferred for the distribution thus shows “a high level of general relevance to fundamental rights”, according to the elaboration that the FDP parliamentary group deputy Stephan Thomae had requested.
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Thomae warned that the Bundestag should “not be demoted to just a spectator again”.
In a democracy the parliament has to decide on the essential questions.
"With the allocation of the vaccine we are literally distributing life chances," said Thomae.
It is therefore unacceptable that the government and above all Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) shy away from the debate in the Bundestag.
After a corona vaccine has been approved, the first population groups to be vaccinated in Germany are those who have a significantly increased risk of serious or fatal disease courses.
Because the number of cans will not immediately be sufficient for the entire population due to production bottlenecks.
The German Ethics Council, the Leopoldina National Science Academy and the Standing Vaccination Commission at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) therefore issued recommendations on behalf of the Federal Government at the beginning of November as to who should be immunized immediately.
People in systemically important jobs, but also homeless people
These should be old people, especially in nursing homes, plus people with previous illnesses and employees in hospitals and nursing homes.
Likewise, people in key positions in society and for public order should be given preferential vaccination, for example employees of health and safety authorities, police officers, firefighters, teachers and educators.
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People who are housed in very cramped homes for the homeless or asylum seekers, for example, should also be included.
No distinction should be made between privately and legally insured persons.
People without insurance coverage should also be entitled to vaccinations.
However, precise statements about prioritization have not yet been made, i.e. not all preferred groups have been precisely identified, it said.
Because there was still a lack of data.
The recommendations should be specific by the end of the year at the latest.
The draft of the Federal Ministry of Health for an “Ordinance on the right to vaccination against the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus” is currently being voted on within the government.