In Germany, activists rise up to counter vaccine skeptics

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Source: AP



By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press 1 hr ago


BERLIN (AP) — Stefanie Hoener was at home one night in Berlin when she heard police sirens wailing through her Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood and anti-vaccine protesters shouting angry slurs as they marched down to the Gethsemane Church — a symbol of the peaceful 1989 revolution in East Germany that ended the communist dictatorship.

“That night these people really crossed a line,” Hoener said Monday as she stood with 200 others— many of them neighbors — in front of the red brick church to protect it from anti-vaccine protesters glaring from the other side of the street.

"If today, when everyone is allowed to express themselves freely without having to fear anything, they stand here and say we live in a dictatorship, then I can no longer tolerate that,” Hoener told The Associated Press. “I for one am very happy to have been vaccinated free of charge and to have received financial support from the government during the pandemic.”

The 55-year-old actress is one of a growing number of Germans who have joined grassroots initiatives and spontaneous demonstrations to speak out against vaccination opponents, conspiracy theorists and far-right extremists who have led protests against Germany's COVID-19 measures.

Across the country, the new counter-protesters have turned out in favor of the government's pandemic restrictions and a universal vaccine mandate, which will be debated Wednesday for the first time in German parliament...........................

Read more: https://madison.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/in-germany-activists-rise-up-to-counter-vaccine-skeptics/article_159e8095-fe7a-5520-94cb-0b7150b9af63.html

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Could be that we need to do this also......



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[jaxexpat]

1. Would like to see the signs translated into English. Germans are, generally, quite witty.

[NJCher]

2. Here is my rant

Could be that we need to do this also......


We most certainly do. I am thoroughly disgusted that our government’s efforts have been met with complaints about inflation, and oh I’m so confused about what the the cdc says to do.

Sure, there is inflation. Would you prefer no one getting any covid money so prices stay low?

And as far as cdc message confusion, be aware this is an evolving situation. Messages change as the situation does.

I see these kinds of complaints on the “person on the street” interviews on the news.

And then there is the topic of the vaccine in the first place. That there is something that allows us to go about our business with nothing much more than a mask is nothing short of miraculous. Our scientists did this. Our tax dollars paid for it. I, for one, am damned grateful that I live in a country that has the structure and means to accomplish this.

[BigmanPigman]

3. All countries need to do this.

The selfish, hate filled, right-wing anti-vaxxers need to get off of the front page and media events. They are loud, show offs who demand attention. Stop giving it to them. Focus on the rational, science based vaxxers and give them the same attention that is given to the anti vax-holes.

The media is partially to blame for their ratings based, immoral agenda. Hate and $$$ sells the news around the world.