The three perspectives map to some extent on to the political discussion in Germany. Currently there is a debate whether there should be a general vaccination mandate (there is already a mandate for health care workers). The parlament will not decide along party lines (which is quite atypical for the German political system), currently there are three possible bills:
a) A general vaccination mandate (18+ years), the reasoning behind that look somewhat like “Zero COVID” (but maybe it’s a combination of “Zero COVID” and “Flatten the Curve”).
b) A vaccination mandate for older citizens (50+ years) because those groups are primarily at risk and a high number of infections there puts too much stress on the healthcare systems (leading to capacity restraints for other urgent treatments, e.g. cancer surgery), “Flatten the Curve”.
c) The rejection of a general vaccination mandate because everybody has the possibility of protecting themselves by vaccination, “Focused Protection”.
The three perspectives map to some extent on to the political discussion in Germany. Currently there is a debate whether there should be a general vaccination mandate (there is already a mandate for health care workers). The parlament will not decide along party lines (which is quite atypical for the German political system), currently there are three possible bills:
a) A general vaccination mandate (18+ years), the reasoning behind that look somewhat like “Zero COVID” (but maybe it’s a combination of “Zero COVID” and “Flatten the Curve”).
b) A vaccination mandate for older citizens (50+ years) because those groups are primarily at risk and a high number of infections there puts too much stress on the healthcare systems (leading to capacity restraints for other urgent treatments, e.g. cancer surgery), “Flatten the Curve”.
c) The rejection of a general vaccination mandate because everybody has the possibility of protecting themselves by vaccination, “Focused Protection”.