“Why are there unvaccinated teachers?”

BDgar Pinkowski had a clear message, which he included in a request: “Get vaccinated!” The president of the Hessen Medical Association issued an appeal to the audience at the panel discussion in Bad Nauheim. The Chamber of Commerce has invited to participate in the event on Friday night, during which the discussion is on “processing, temporary balance and outlook” Coronavirus pandemic Should go-that is the subtitle.

Among the six medical, political and legal experts on the podium, some have recently made controversial remarks. The argument made by the physician Matthias Schrappe is that the hospital has artificially calculated the intensive care capacity. The papers of him and his working group received a lot of criticism. Since the Federal Audit Office is also investigating this issue, Schrappe believes that he and his argument have been confirmed.He also criticized Friday night Federal government Created a “suffocation narrative” to justify the blockade. This exacerbated the concerns of citizens that if they were infected with Covid-19, they would no longer have hospital beds with ventilators.

Virologists and politics

René Gottschalk, who has long served as the head of Frankfurt’s health department, also has a different experience with public discourse. Most importantly, the attention of virologists as key experts in the pandemic bothered him. Although they can describe the virus itself well, it is neither their task nor their expertise to develop public health standards. “Virologists should not decide whether schools should be closed,” Gottschalk said. In addition, not all the rules about schools that are being discussed are useful. “There is no research showing that air filters are useful.” It is more important to have good hygiene and distance concepts, and then stick to it.

Pediatrician Hans-Iko Huppertz also deals with the school. “I don’t understand why there are unvaccinated teachers,” he said. As an employer, the state must be stricter when individual teachers place their personal views above the welfare of their students.

How to prove that legislation is reasonable during a pandemic is the main focus of lawyer Uwe Volkmann’s discussion. Professor of Public Law and Legal Philosophy at Frankfurt University said: “Basically, during the pandemic, all 19 fundamental rights are restricted in one way or another.” As long as there are not enough opportunities, this can justify protecting people from Covid-19. Protect yourself before. Vaccination is precisely this self-protection, so when all citizens have the opportunity to be vaccinated, restrictions are no longer reasonable. “It is not the citizen who must defend his freedom, but the state restricts it.”