"Maischberger. Die Woche “(ARD): Boris Palmer calls for a fine of 5000 euros for unvaccinated people

The Omikron wave has reached Germany and is fueling the debate about a general vaccination requirement – also with Sandra Maischberger in the first.

Berlin – The world number 1 in tennis applies to Maischberger. The week on ARD as the loser of the week. The moderator’s guests, namely TV presenter Jörg Pilawa, Spiegel author Markus Feldenkirchen and FAZ journalist Helene Bubrowski, agreed on January 12, 2022 that Navok Djokovic sneaked into the tournament in Australia and himself wanted to override existing laws, presumably out of arrogance. In particular, from Bubrowski’s statements one could hear the disappointment that a famous athlete does not necessarily fulfill the role model function that one would like to attribute to him.

In doing so, she spanned the polarizing demonstrations that had formed in Germany over the past few weeks and days to express her displeasure with the corona measures and the impending introduction of the general compulsory vaccination. For Jörg Pilawa they are a consequence of the misguided politics of the last year and a half: “Politicians have talked a lot and many people are deeply insecure.” This is a dangerous development for both Helene Bubrowski and Markus Feldenkirchen. Feldenkirchen said at Maischberger. The week on ARD: “Some of the demonstrators are leading a right-wing protest. These are people who took to the streets in 2015 to protest against the refugee policy. ”But now they have something more concrete in hand:“ They know that we need them and they deliberately refuse, ”he continued .

Maischberger die Woche (ARD): Vaccination as a means against corona consensus

For those present at Sandra Maischberger in the first there is no question that one should be vaccinated. They are more unsure of how quickly and effectively the vaccination will affect the course of the pandemic and the dynamics of social life. The virologist Prof. Helga Rübsam-Schaeff answered these questions with almost brutal openness: “Omikron is not harmless,” she said at first.

It is true that people get less seriously ill from it, nevertheless many people end up in hospital. “You have to assume that you cannot avoid the virus.” But you cannot avoid a corona vaccination, because “the protection comes before serious illness works ”. And that, in her opinion, is the goal one should pursue with vaccination. “The reason for a vaccination has to be to keep the hospitals and morgues clear.”

Rübsam-Schaeff is certain that vaccination alone will not lead to the pandemic. It relies on drugs that are about to be used and that can reliably treat high-risk patients in particular. “The drugs can take many horrors away from the pandemic,” she said. However, the virologist also admitted that she believed that after Omikron, another virus variant would very likely come and the vaccines would have to be adjusted.

She finally dropped the real bomb when Sandra Maischberger asked when she thought the pandemic would end. “We have to reckon with five years,” she announced. Whether Maischberger’s surprise was real or played is an open question, but the statement clearly had its sobering effect. It didn’t really help that Rübsam-Schaeff added, “We’ve already got two years behind us” and “I expect we’ll be a lot further next winter”.

Maischberger Die Woche (ARD): Boris Palmer (Greens) guest at the Corona Talk

It was certainly not the virologist’s job to make false promises in the broadcast on ARD – politics was responsible for that, as Boris Palmer later put it in an uncharitable way – or to provide general reassurance with daring speculations. On the contrary, with a few dry facts, she described the current situation as hopeless in the medium term. And also that without vaccination, she made it clear, there would be no relaxation. To all people who doubt it, she replies “the benefit of a vaccination is greater than any conceivable side effect”. “I think compulsory vaccination makes sense,” she said finally.

As precisely as Prof. Rübsam-Schaeff argued, the subsequent discussion between Boris Palmer from the Greens and Linda Teuteberg from the FDP turned out to be watery and hardly expedient. At Maischberger. During the week in the first, they faced the introduction of a general compulsory vaccination, as suggested by Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

While Palmer defended his position on compulsory vaccination in many ways – “We keep discussing until it’s too late. When the omicron wave is through, we no longer need the compulsory vaccination. We now have to deliver results ”- argued Teuteberg against compulsory vaccination. She consistently represented the concept of “physical integrity” as the highest human right, which was increasingly becoming an empty phrase.

Boris Palmer, on the other hand, took his standpoint as usual. He asked Maischerber. The week when a general vaccination requirement is introduced, high fines: “If people knew that it costs 5000 euros to be unvaccinated, then we would have a 98 percent vaccination rate,” said Palmer in the ARD talk show.

The Green politician justified his stance with the fact that he did not believe in the success of another vaccination campaign. “We have done everything, the arguments are all on the table. Now we hardly convince anyone to have a first vaccination. And that’s why I come to the conclusion: Because the quota is not enough, compulsory vaccination is now the right answer. “

Discussion at Maischberger. Die Woche (ARD): Corona vaccination requirement rather low

Since this discussion can be regarded as an example, it can actually be assumed that the risk that a corona vaccination obligation is actually decided is low. Perhaps it will come at some point when all the pros and cons, the entire constitutional conformity has been checked and not only the political but also the legal and practical feasibility has been examined, but then, as Jörg Pilawa said at the end, “it might be too late”. At least the threat of introduction does not seem immediate. (Teresa Vena)