Maybrit Illner speaks with her guests about the Corona variant Omikron and the question of whether we can still get out of the pandemic without mandatory vaccination – the TV criticism.
Frankfurt – For the fact that he has just been sworn in as health minister, the SPD politician Karl Lauterbach looks more than relaxed in the current broadcast by Maybrit Illner on ZDF. No wonder, since he has been a welcome guest on politics talk shows in his dual role as a doctor and politician since the outbreak of the corona pandemic.
But now as minister he can no longer only demand, but must also present solutions for the current epidemic situation. That is why the first question from presenter Maybrit Illner to him on ZDF is: “What will you do differently first?” Lauterbach replies in his calm manner that he first wants to explain what is necessary. Namely, that we are “advancing the booster vaccinations so strongly that as large parts of the population as possible are protected before the Omikron variant comes.” And, according to Lauterbach, you are only protected against this with three vaccinations.
| “Maybrit Illner” (ZDF) | The guests on December 9th, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Karl Lauterbach (SPD) | Federal Minister of Health |
| Tobias Hans (CDU) | Prime Minister Saarland |
| Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (FDP) | Member of the Bundestag, member of the FDP party executive |
| Viola Priesemann | Physicist and modeler, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization Göttingen |
| Tina Hildebrandt | Chief correspondent “Die Zeit” in Berlin |
| Source: ZDF |
Karl Lauterbach at Maybrit Illner (ZDF): Booster vaccination and the compulsory corona vaccination
Which brings us very quickly to the most hotly debated topic in Germany: Does it have to be vaccinated to stop the virus from spreading? “We should be prepared for it,” says physicist Viola Prisemann, who is live at Maybrit Illner, for which she is very grateful. Because the public attacks on scientists are increasing. Also in the media. The politicians present are much more decisive on this point than the scientist. Marie-Agnes Strack Zimmermann, a member of the Bundestag FDP, is convinced that “there is a compulsory vaccination for certain groups
But what does Karl Lauterbach, our new Minister of Health, say? He wants to talk to Maybrit Illner about his goals instead of the means to prevent the spread of the pandemic. And these are: To complete the delta wave “with as few deaths as possible”, that we “still avoid the omicron wave if at all possible” and that “we have good protection from further waves.” The only ways that lead us there , for Lauterbach the two pillars are booster vaccination and mandatory vaccination.
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“Maybrit Illner” – the political talk on ZDF on December 9, 2021
Maybrit Illner on ZDF: Karl Lauterbach triggers a murmur in the German population
The murmur that this sentence will go through some of the sections of the German population cannot be heard at this point in the ZDF studio. But Karl Lauterbach also knows that compulsory vaccination will meet with great resistance within the population. With the Omikron variant, however, according to Lauterbach at Maybrit Illner, “the point has now been reached” where “the state has to enter into this conflict.” A point on which Saarland Prime Minister Tobias Hans (CDU) agrees. Which is why he is also in favor of a fine that should be paid in the event of a violation, as is done with the maser vaccination.
Karl Lauterbach, however, is now obliged to make his statement at Maybrit Illner. And it has to show whether he is following his own advice or whether, like so many politicians before him, his decision is based on opinion polls. (Bettina Schuler)
Researchers are feverishly investigating the new Corona variant Omikron: There are already signs of high transferability, but what it looks like with mortality is not known. At the “Maybrit Illner” talk on Zdf on November 18, 2021, radiologist Frank Ulrich Montgomery attacked the government: “You have completely failed!”
