At the weekend, family doctors not only vaccinated hundreds of people in Bad Soden and Sulzbach, organized them perfectly, the rush was great, luckily.
The organizing practices have certainly earned good money with it, which is easy to calculate.
But they literally earned the money.
Because vaccination and boosting are what matter now - all studies show it.
In this context, a suggestion: The fact that a corona vaccination is paid much more to doctors than a normal flu vaccination or a tetanus injection should be reconsidered.
Once Corona has become manageable normalcy, adjustments at this point in the sense of an approximation may be necessary.
But first of all: Thank you for your commitment, dear family and company doctors.
Unvaccinated people are at the lever
Corona also leads to good ideas in other areas: Be it on a small scale, when it comes to the introduction of 2-G ribbons to avoid constant monitoring in city centers, or on a large scale, when radiologists from all German university hospitals have a common database and use artificial intelligence to better understand Corona. Something like this is pioneering work that should be exemplary in the healthcare system for the treatment of many other indications, even after the acute corona phase. It's also time to say thank you for ideas like this. All this effort and creativity give hope.
Because too little is talked about what it means when you end up in the intensive care unit with Corona. You can no longer see your friends or family there. When things escalate, one dies alone. Doctors will learn and be able to save more patients step by step, also with the help of AI. But the unvaccinated have the greatest leverage in their hands if they decide to get vaccinated after all. Unfortunately, general practitioners are more likely to report that their vaccination campaigns are mainly attended by those who want to be boosted. As important as that is, more first and second vaccinations must be added quickly. The vaccinations are safe. For example, if someone says Spikevax and Moderna are not the same vaccine, that's bullshit. One is the product name, the other is the manufacturer. Like aspirin from Bayer.The fact remains: Vaccination helps, every individual and society.