Masks, mandatory testing, quarantine: no more coronavirus requirements for fully vaccinated people
By late summer, half of all Germans should have received an offer for a second dose of vaccine. All corona restrictions should then also be lifted for this group of people, at least according to the head of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians Andreas Gassen (58). He told BILD: "Then almost all corona measures should actually be removed. Everyone can then still decide individually to wear a mask - but it should no longer be compulsory."
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Important signal for vaccination readiness
As more and more people are not attending their second vaccination appointment due to the low incidence rate in Germany, a fine is currently being discussed for anyone who does not cancel their appointment. This could result in vaccine doses having to be thrown away! Gassen therefore sees it as an important signal to highlight the benefits and increase the willingness to be vaccinated: "Some people will otherwise ask themselves: Why should I get vaccinated, do something for herd immunity, if I have to keep wearing a mask just because 20 to 30 percent of people refuse?"
This opinion is shared by virologist Klaus Stöhr (62), for example, who doubts the coronavirus requirements that fully vaccinated people who come from risk areas such as England must go into quarantine. He told BILD: "Completely incomprehensible from the point of view of rational control." And: "Even the most benevolent must see this as a slap in the face of the vaccination campaign."