Hart Aber Fair (Hard But Fair) ran last night....a public forum show on ARD. Topic....a number of public criticisms of Covid-19, the vaccination business, and general handling.
I watched the whole thing.....which I'd rate at a high level. Lot of points put out there. Group assembled? The NRW Minister for Health, a doctor, a retired SPD Party bigwig, a journalist, and Doctor Hirschhausen (generally known by the German public and one of those rare medical doctors who is a comedian on the side).
One of the key talking points thrown out there....this whole reservation system for the older generation to get in and get vaccination appointments done. Generally, throughout the sixteen states....most older folks will say its complicated....crapped-out, and marginally working.
Someone pulled up the point of breast-cancer checking in Germany and how easily it works. Throughout the whole nation, breast-cancer check-ups are made, letters sent out to each home address of a woman, and everyone marvels over the uncomplicated ease that is demonstrated. So the question was....if the same people can run this process....why can't they run the Covid-19 vaccination episode?
The government's chief selling point right now, on the positive side? They believe with a gut-instinct....they will get the bulk of German society done by the end of June. They are careful how they say this, with my reaction being....they mean probably around 55-to-60 percent of the public, and not everyone.
The one curious thing you see with this....if the government had gone with serious money (say triple what they did pay for the contracted vaccine)....then said go make x-amount weekly....the major firms would have contracted out more production facilities and more personnel. Even if you'd approached each German and said there was a 150-Euro fee attached (at least for those who could afford it)....most Germans would easily have paid for the vaccination. The companies would have pumped out tons of the stuff in a four-month period.
By the end of the show, you had this perception that regular people probably knew more short-cuts than the government officials did.
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