NAfter the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spann (CDU) gave his opinion in support of vaccinating the coronavirus for all persons over 18 years old-even if the last vaccination was not six months ago, the debate on the future vaccination campaign has broken out up.Doctors are pushing to prioritize certain groups, similar to what they did at the beginning of the vaccination campaign Corona last winter.
“According to the provisions of the approval letter, the time interval for full immunization of people over 18 years of age should be understood as a guideline, and of course, the exact date does not have to be adhered to,” said a Spahn and Andreas Gassen, president of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians The letters from are all signed by German doctors, and the letter was provided to the Tagesspiegel newspaper on Tuesday.
“So even if according to STIKO’s current recommendations, even if they are not at high-risk groups, such as the elderly, residents of nursing facilities, and medical and nursing staff, you can be in a timely manner and in patients over 18 years of age, Spahn and Gassen said, six months Decide whether to vaccinate or not.
The Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) plans to recommend booster vaccination to everyone over 18 years of age. STIKO Chairman Thomas Mertens said on the ZDF broadcast of Markus Lanz on Tuesday night that recommendations will be made soon. According to Deutschlandfunk, he also pointed out that currently only about 11% of people over 60 in Germany have been promoted. STIKO currently recommends intensified vaccination, especially for people over 70 years of age and medical staff who are in direct contact with the patient.
Distribution war warning
The German Association of General Practitioners currently refuses to vaccinate all relevant parties with a booster vaccine and warns that a distribution war may occur. Ulrich Weigeldt, president of the Association of the Rhein Post, stated that, first of all, people over 70 years old and vulnerable groups such as patients with chronic diseases must receive the so-called booster vaccination.
“Discussions about vaccinating the entire population for the third time at the same time are not helpful to the vaccination campaign.” Because younger, healthier people are usually six months after the second vaccination. vaccination Well protected. Because of the extra protection, especially for severe illness, they may receive the booster vaccine later without any problems.
“Desolate Crisis Communication”
Weigelt said: “The hustle and bustle caused by indifferent crisis communication, which is also continued by the executive federal government, will only put unnecessary pressure on the practice of general practitioners, at least not helping to accelerate the vaccination campaign.”
When a quick review is requested, it should be taken into account that “this may come at the expense of vulnerable patients,” Weigelt told the newspaper Fink Media GroupEven after the third vaccination, it is important to pay close attention to high-risk groups. In addition, too many people have not even been vaccinated for the first time.
Eugen Brysch, a board member of the German Patient Protection Foundation, also advocated prioritizing an enhanced vaccination test similar to the one at the beginning of the vaccination campaign. Brysch told the newspaper of the Funke Media Group that it is now “an order of the Prime Minister’s Conference to ensure orderly progress.” “We must again consider prioritizing based on age, disease, and occupational group.”
German Medical Association: Vaccination Center and New Vaccination Center
The German Medical Association urges the federal and state governments to set a clear schedule for millions of first, second and third vaccinations in this autumn and winter. Medical Chairman Klaus Reinhardt (Klaus Reinhardt) said in a letter to 16 regional leaders that the prerequisite for speeding up the vaccination campaign is that “the federal and state governments are now equally safe, bureaucratic and non-bureaucratic. A low-impediment vaccination campaign creates suitable framework conditions”, the newspaper of the Funke Media Group reported on the Prime Minister’s Office and the Federal Minister of Health.
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Before Thursday’s meeting of prime ministers, Reinhardt called for additional vaccinations to ease the practice of heavy use during the flu season, “by reactivating existing vaccination centers, and by creating pop-up vaccination centers, such as in residential areas. And public facilities, through vaccination stations and vaccination vehicles in selected hospital locations, especially in rural areas.”
Each city should also set up a centralized appointment point for enhanced vaccination, especially for vulnerable groups in writing to invite enhanced vaccination.
