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Chancellor Angela Merkel put the mood in the country after the announced restrictions on the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in a nutshell: "All of this will create uncertainty."
And to top it off, the British government promptly expressed its confidence in AstraZeneca in response to the measures taken in Germany.
A little later followed by the European Medicines Agency EMA.
Is this vaccine safe or not?
Uncertainty could turn into despair, if it weren't for good news that stirs up hope that we may have the worst of the Corona crisis behind us by autumn - if there are no further mistakes on the part of politics.
First there is the message that the vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer also protects young people from corona disease.
The virus is spreading rapidly among young people.
It is even more encouraging that the Chancellor is in the process of forging a vaccination cooperation with the presidents of France and Russia.
From the second half of the year, Sputnik V, which the Russians developed, could make a decisive contribution to alleviating vaccination shortages and partially compensating for possible failures at AstraZeneca.
The vaccine from Johnson & Johnson should be available from May, so vaccines from five manufacturers would be available without Sputnik.
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So that the cooperation does not turn into a Sputnik shock, the Chancellor should work with Europe, but this time not place a collective order in euros.
You have seen where that leads.
Second, no politically motivated and therefore tight schedules should be drawn up.
The EMA should be able to check Sputnik calmly and with all due care.
At the same time and coordinated, instances in the member states could scrutinize the Russian vaccine.
So that everyone agrees on approval and not some commission like Kai comes out of the box and sounds the alarm.
Part of the essence of severe crises is that there is no patent remedy at hand that works immediately.
That there are setbacks in coping with it.
Health Minister Spahn said we would have to forgive each other a lot if this pandemic was over.
Most people are probably ready for it.
When the politically responsible learn from mistakes.