24
Nov
2021
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The EU's role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic: how to vaccinate the world (topical debate)
Madam President, Before discussing how Brussels best vaccinates the world, with its completely novel vaccines approved in record time, it is better to talk about facts and figures: for example, a completely non-transparent EU Commission, page-by-page redacted pharmaceutical contracts and deleted communications; e.g. on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, their side effects, risk groups, erratic measures and the sacrosanctity of any critical public debate. The RKI in Germany has changed its wording from August that vaccination is ‘effective protection against illness’ to ‘protects the vast majority of vaccinated persons from a serious illness’. By far the highest incidence in hospitalised cases as well as in fatalities is recorded by those over the age of 80 in Germany, followed by those over the age of 60, although these groups have a vaccination rate of around 90%. Figures from Johns Hopkins University in more than 200 countries show that there is no correlation between vaccination rates and incidence. According to EuroMOMO, which collects official mortality data, there is currently no evidence of excess mortality. The Paul Ehrlich Institute has now reported 1802 deaths related to coronavirus vaccinations. That's 5,500 times the number of deaths recorded for all vaccinations performed in 2016. WHO's VigiAccess database lists 2.5 million cases of adverse reactions related to COVID-19 vaccination. That's more than all the side effects of the last few decades combined. Therefore, it is completely incomprehensible to me why a rational consideration of the personal risks of a corona infection against that of a vaccination should be morally reprehensible. Personal health is not a common good in solidarity, and Corona is not your political ticket to digital surveillance. And you, Mr. Colleague, are better off holding out my discussions!