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Less than a month ago, the Chancellor got emotional in the Bundestag.

Shaking her fist next to the microphone, her voice moving unusually, she apparently close to tears herself, Angela Merkel spoke to her grandparents about “last Christmas”, which many Germans threatened.

Health Minister Jens Spahn did not skimp on pathos in November either: "It's about economic damage ... it's about social damage, human hardship ... it's about health damage, suffering and death."

And it's true, many intensive care units are on their way, and unfortunately some crematoria too.

And the basic rights of all citizens remain restricted.

That is the height of fall.

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Now there is a new statistic that shows the number of people vaccinated.

The curve shows how quickly we can get out of this situation - or not.

The Chancellor and Minister of Health have a direct influence on how it goes, how quickly and how much vaccine ends up in Germany (where it was developed, by the way).

And how much is that?

None at the moment.

Last week it turned out that nothing would be delivered until January 11th, then the Ministry of Health announced that fabric had now been procured for the 8th “as originally planned”.

The 4th was "originally" planned.

It doesn't seem to matter a few days.

The detour to order vaccines via Brussels cost citizens several weeks.

The inventor and manufacturer of the agent, Uğur Şahin,

says in an interview with “Spiegel” that “the process in Europe” was “not as quick and straightforward as with other countries.” Perhaps the government wanted to avoid a debate about fairness in the EU.

That would be understandable at any time.

But not when it comes to "damage to health, suffering and death" (Spahn).

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The aversion to Brussels always increases when the citizens realize that the EU is making their lives harder instead of easier.

That was one reason for Brexit.

Lo and behold: Great Britain, just left, is far ahead of Germany when it comes to vaccination.

It doesn't help that Germany has been the driving force within the EU in recent weeks.

Incidentally, Spahn and Merkel have vowed that they would devote their “energy to the welfare of the German people” and not to avoiding debates in the European Union.

Source: WORLD infographic

Israel is now vaccinating more people a day than Germany as a whole.

In this country, people are further unsettled with debates such as whether the second syringe after the first could not be left out for the time being and whether six instead of five patients could be vaccinated per bottle ... Are we at "Jugend forscht"?

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After the mask debacle, this is the government's second failure in the Corona crisis.

The polls of the Chancellor and Health Minister are still high.

Both like to show themselves as crisis managers, that pulls.

"The vaccination centers are ready to go," said Spahn a few days ago.

Just without a vaccine.

A few months ago the minister asked which country they would rather be in the pandemic than in Germany.

A look at the graphic in this text provides at least partial and temporary answers.

This text is from WELT AM SONNTAG.

We will be happy to deliver them to your home on a regular basis.

Source: Welt am Sonntag