Status: 05/17/2021 11:16 a.m.
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37 percent of Germans are vaccinated at least once. But while the vaccination campaign is progressing, the Marburger Bund warns against lifting the prioritization in medical practices.
The vaccination campaign in Germany continues to gain momentum. By morning, more than 40 million vaccine doses against the corona virus had been administered, as Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn announced on Twitter. This means that 30.7 million or 37 percent of Germans have been vaccinated at least once. More than 9.3 million or 11.2 percent have already received two vaccinations and thus full protection.
“This means that there is no longer any vaccine”
Meanwhile, the head of the Marburger Bund Doctors’ Association, Susanne Johna, warned against the lifting of vaccination prioritization in medical practices. As a result, there is no longer a vaccine, “but simply more people competing for a scarce commodity,” said Johna im Deutschlandfunk. Those who are particularly jostling may get a chance earlier than people who need special protection. Many resident doctors already felt “like the last wall” when it came to administering vaccines.
General practitioners in Baden-Württemberg and Berlin now vaccinate without prioritization
Tim Dieckmann, Luca Rizzelli, SWR, daily news 12:00 p.m., May 17, 2021
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Vaccination prioritization not only preferred people who were at risk of becoming seriously ill – it also gave people at lower risk an idea of when to turn, Johna said. “If I now give everyone the idea at the same time that they could get their turn, but at the same time the goods are so scarce that it is not even possible, that leads to frustration.”
Ramelow announces the lifting of the prioritization
If enough vaccine is available, Thuringia also wants the general practitioners to decide freely. Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow announced the lifting of the vaccination prioritization in his state in the common Morning magazine from ARD and ZDF at. “At the moment when there is enough vaccine material in the family doctor’s office, the family doctor can decide,” said the left-wing politician. There are already general practitioners who are more free to make decisions. The vaccination priority of the Standing Vaccination Commission serves as an orientation. “In vaccination centers, which we will maintain permanently for the next few months, vaccination will continue along the vaccination prioritization until enough vaccine is available,” said Ramelow.
In several federal states, the prioritization of corona vaccinations in medical practices ends this week.
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