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Then release Astrazeneca for everyone!

Astrazeneca cans collect dust in the warehouse, hardly anyone wants them. We cannot afford luxury: if you want, you should get it right away. A comment.

An employee at the vaccination center in Berlin-Tegel recently said in disbelief: "We would like to vaccinate a lot more people." You could too. Problem: There is no demand.

At least not when it comes to Astrazeneca's vaccine. In Berlin alone , 29,000 doses of Astrazeneca's corona vaccine are lying around unused. More than 650,000 cans across Germany. As of April, more than five million cans of the substance should be available, which apparently nobody wants. Astrazeneca has an image problem. And Germany has a problem with that, because people's skepticism towards the drug is delaying the already sluggish vaccinations. This raises the question of whether the carefully devised plan of who will be vaccinated where and when can be adhered to.

The vaccine from Astrazeneca has fallen into disrepute because, in contrast to the vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer, its effectiveness is only given at almost 60 percent instead of 95 percent. Studies also raised doubts that the vaccine would help against the mutants of the virus. Astrazeneca is already only vaccinated against people under 65 because there is a lack of data on whether the vaccine is safe for older people. The result: just two percent of Germans would currently choose Astrazeneca if they had the choice. Only: the vast majority of Germans do not have a choice. They have no access to any vaccine.

This is also due to the vaccination sequence, which is sensible in itself, which the Standing Vaccination Commission has determined. According to this, the elderly and high-risk patients who are particularly at risk are first vaccinated, along with nurses and doctors because they are particularly exposed. What makes sense in theory, practically fails because of the acceptance of those who would be eligible for vaccination. There is not enough highly effective vaccine from Biontech, Astrazeneca especially do not want the carers - for the elderly, as mentioned, it is out of the question anyway.

Instead of offering the material to other professional groups to be determined individually - perhaps daycare or teachers - the sequence of vaccinations should be fundamentally reconsidered.

It would be nice, but it's not the case that Germany can afford the luxury of being picky. Neither when choosing the vaccine, nor when choosing the vaccinated. And don't forget: everyone who is vaccinated is a step forward, and that is far too few.

In the list of the 20 countries with the highest vaccination rate, Germany, where the first vaccine approved in the western world was developed, does not even appear. Less than four percent of people in this country have received their first vaccination. If this speed is maintained, a 30-year-old without previous illnesses who does not work in sensitive or allegedly system-critical professions, for example, can hope for the first injection at the end of the year. It is more likely: sometime in 2022.

And an effective vaccine collects dust in some camps. Who should understand that?

Astrazeneca is much better than its reputation anyway, reliably protects against severe processes, even if the risk reduction may not be as high as with Biontech. But even the virologist Christian Drosten, who says he sees no signs that the active ingredient does not help the mutants of the virus, does not penetrate the question. So what speaks against the fact that everyone in the federal states can register in a central database who wants the vaccine that others disdain?

Instead of assuring that Astrazeneca is working, one could show it - and give hope to young people who would otherwise be excluded from the vaccine for a long time. This should also increase the willingness of those who are still skeptical. Vaccine works both ways.

Superclever superplanners with superclever superplans do not like to be told that their superclever superplan does not superwork. Thats why they do not vaccinate "wildly" those volunteers who want it.

Occasionally there were reports when at the end of the day of a vaccination mission in soem place, say a care taking home, some doeses were left, and then instea dof throwing them away any volunteers and workers preset in the location were allowed to get the jab so that it does not get wasted. So far every time this was the case it ended in a moral uproar in the evening news. I recall to ahve sene this now three or four tijmes at least, on the main news. "How dare they!?"

Germany, 2021 A.D.