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How I would love to write about our rebranding in Best Delivery: „Innovation is Action“ and what it is all about. Our super interesting projects with clients. Our progress in applying AI and automatically processing the insights gained. Real end-to-end processes. 

Or cheering about the new federal government. I am a fan of Angela Merkel, but 16 years was enough. My children were shocked that men can also become Kanzlerin. A former colleague is the first female Interior Minister. And a doctor, health policy expert, and epidemiologist is the Minister of Health – many had wished for that, me included. The same number of female and male ministers.

But no, I still have to call for vaccination. Booster vaccinations are doing really well (17%) in Germany. Also the first and second vaccinations of 12 to 15-year-olds. I also think the STIKO recommendation for 5 to 11-year-olds is sensible and correct. 

But the overall rate of being fully vaccinated has still not reached 70%. That is too little. Therefore, get vaccinated (and boostered) if you can! Washing your hands, keeping your distance, and meeting as few people as possible and bearable also helps.

#ZusammenGegenCorona

Hat tip goes to Oliver, another Sven and many others for initiating this.

P.S.: I am an #impfluencer

Please excuse this rant. But I’m really annoyed. I’ve been on the road for the last three weeks. In Italy, my vaccination certificate was scanned at every opportunity. Most of the time they wanted to see my identity card as well. They also checked me in Switzerland, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg. But here in Frankfurt and the surrounding area, almost no one cares whether you’ve been vaccinated, recovered, or tested. Only in two restaurants that opted for 2G were they looking for my certificate. In one rather unwillingly, in the other conscientiously. I can’t remember who last asked for my contact details or at least had a paper form available (apart from my favourite Italian restaurant and my hairdresser) – they all refer to QR codes to the Luca app. No sensible person with an IT background would go along with Luca.

Kids aren’t „supposed“ to wear masks in school anymore. Star football players, former left-wing icons, and philosopher-pop stars talk about long-term consequences and vaccine damage or that they would never vaccinate children (against Covid) because this would destroy their „natural“ immune system or because vaccination is only for their own protection.

That. Is. All. Wrong.

Folks: The incidences are shooting through the roof. Yes, even fully vaccinated people can infect others. That’s no surprise. If more were vaccinated, there would be fewer recipients. And fewer strong spreaders. And wearing a mask, washing your hands and being careful is still the order of the day. That’s not so hard after all.

One bright spot is the German Corona Warn app: My mother and child #1 were informed in the app that because of their age and vaccination date (mother) or vaccine (child) they should get a booster vaccination now.