Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has said it’s "naive" to think the omicron variant will be the end of the pandemic. He warned that new COVID-19 mutations were still possible.
Summary
- German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has insisted vaccine mandates are the only way out of the pandemic, as the omicron variant continues to spread in Germany and across the world.
- Speaking to the Sunday edition of German daily Welt, Lauterbach said gaining immunity through infection was a “dirty vaccination” and not the solution.
- But the health minister warned that “many people would become seriously ill with often permanent damage,” if omicron was left unchecked.
- Fear of future variantsThe health minister also said it was “naive” to think that “omicron is the end of the pandemic.”
- “Imagine for a second that the omicron variant were significantly more deadly.