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WELT AM SONNTAG:
The vaccination in Germany is only progressing very slowly because the vaccine is missing.
Can you understand that the EU saved on this order while funding billions in aid programs?
Stefan Aust:
For me this is another example from what is now a long chain of undesirable developments, all of which have the same false original idea - namely that the pandemic can be brought under control through guidelines and laws.
There is a lack of pragmatic thinking; instead, a lot of money is distributed to cushion the consequences of this development.
The biggest problem we have is in the nursing homes;
around 75 percent of people who die are older than 80 years and many of them live in these shelters.
Careful and pragmatic protection of these people would certainly be more helpful.
WELT AM SONNTAG:
At the same time there is a debate about compulsory vaccination especially for nursing home workers.
Would that be ethically justifiable?
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Stefan Aust:
It's a typical distraction debate - people prefer to talk about compulsory vaccination for certain areas than about why so little vaccine is available.
We have already seen that with the masks.
To describe it with a picture: If I have ten flower pots in a very hot summer, I can either go to each one and water the flowers.
Or I turn on the sprinkler, which is more convenient - but then the terrace gets wet while the flowers don't get enough.
WELT AM SONNTAG:
Politicians are always working with new promises when it comes to a clear improvement in the situation.
Is that a smart move?
Stefan Aust:
Tübingen's Green Mayor Boris Palmer recently said that a constant extension and tightening is something like suicide for fear of death.
There is a lot to it.
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Stefan Aust is editor of WELT AM SONNTAG. Jörn Lauterbach asked the questions.
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