Crazy vaccination developments in Germany, I can't write them all down, neither can I make all connections. Partly because my English is too bad, partly because I don't understand them fully.
Okay, here we go anyway:
About 30% are vaccinated for the first time. Mostly people older than 70, and groups like teachers, doctors, nurses, and many others which are considered important. In some areas priority 2 is due, in others it's already priority 3.
There is still huge demand for vaccinations, but people mostly want BionTech/Pfizer, while AZ has a very bad reputation and some people don't want it. (Those are the two vaccines we have most of.)
We have a "Stiko" (Vaccination committee) which decided who belongs into which group. They also recommended AZ only for people under 60 first (because of lack of data for elder ones), then only for people over 60 because of the sinus thromboses... So people are now sceptical.
Since yesterday "everyone who wants to" can get vaccinated with AZ, even the younger ones, at their own peril. In theory. In reality of course many more people want it than there are doses, despite the scepticism of some. Well, at some doctors you can now make appointments for AZ vaccinations without being priority, it's basically a lottery, some doctors will give you an appointment for the next day, some say they aren't vaccinating at all before the end of may, many give appointments for end of May or June. If you don't have a GP usually forget it.
We are still in a semi-lockdown. Shops aren't open like normal, you often have to make appointments, have to show a negative test... all depending on... I don't know what, incidence numbers, area... You can only meet with one person.
Now all of this, including all quarantine rules and testing don't apply anymore, if you are fully vaccinated! (due to constitution law or its interpretation)
So people want to get vaccinated! Twice. As soon as possible.
But there's still not enough stuff, and if you get AZ you will have to wait 3 month from now on to be fully vaccinated anyway.
So, "clever" move from our health minister: Shorten the interval to 4 weeks! Yes, the effect of AZ is way better if you wait 3 months, but people are getting twitchy, because they want to go on a summer holiday and stuff (and maybe even see two friends at a time) and they can't without getting fully vaccinated...
((Yes, there are elections in September...))
So, I'm summarizing: Instead of just relaxing restrictions for everybody as soon as possible, we are giving rights back to certain people and in order to make many people get these rights soon we are shortening the intervall which devalues the vaccination?
Have they all gone crazy?