HR (our public TV network) did a update this morning:
1. First, the vaccinations presently (at least today) are considered to be 'free'. No charge? Well....that's the comment with the first batch coming out. A year from now? Things might be different.
2. Second, Hessen residents will be 'actively invited' to appointments at their local town/region. How they mean actively invited? Unknown. Maybe you will get a postcard to call in....maybe you are told that your 'number will come up in March. This detail wasn't exactly laid out.
3. There's going to be a priority system laid out by the PhD/science/political crowd. Presently? It doesn't exist.
4. The quota is 30k vaccinations in 30 centers per day....more or less. The program will run from 7 AM to 10 PM, at each center.
5. The vaccination phase will include a info phase. I'm guessing here, but as you sit there in some room with forty folks waiting for your turn....some video will be running in the background with 'Huns' giving you a 12-minute presentation.
Shockers? Well...suggesting that even at 9:30 PM, they'd still be giving a shot? That is a bit of a surprise.
I should note here, they are comforting you to some degree....saying that once vaccinated.....if you get Covid-19, it's a mild case. So you aren't really avoiding the virus....just getting the lesser symptom Covid-19. What this means for fragile health folks? Unknown, and it's best not to bring up this topic. It would seem if you had a weak immune system, this vaccination might not be the end-all-save-your-butt type situation.
This all being free? I think the German government has laid down a fair sum of tax-payer money, and this is a way of getting something for the investment. Plus, you'd really prefer not to hand some insurance company a 60 Euro or 120 Euro bill for the two-shot vaccination.
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