Karl Lauterbach, born in 1963, is a professor of health economics and epidemiology, a member of the German Bundestag, and recognized as a leading expert on healthcare and pandemic response in Germany. He has served as Minister of Health and has advocated rigorously for COVID-19 measures.
“And if it continues, then we have to keep going as well. We cannot stop—we cannot say, ‘We’re stopping now with Omicron.’ Omicron will not end the pandemic either, even if that were actually the case—which we will prevent.”
Karl Lauterbach
“We can’t wait for mandatory vaccination to become unnecessary just because infection levels in the population are very high. Omicron as a kind of ‘dirty vaccination’ is not an alternative to a vaccination mandate.”
Karl Lauterbach
“We will continue to boost and vaccinate until we have brought the pandemic to an end.”
Karl Lauterbach
“Unvaccinated people should only have access to their workplace, grocery stores, drugstores, and pharmacies. Such restrictions for unvaccinated people are necessary because their incidence rate is uniquely high. This is the only way to regain control over the infection situation.”
Karl Lauterbach
“Unvaccinated people should only have access to their workplace, grocery stores, drugstores, and pharmacies.”
Karl Lauterbach