Germans fear jab mandates will give boost to anti-vaxxers

GERMAN intelligence agencies fear greater radicalisation of anti-vaxxers if countries push ahead with vaccine mandates.

The Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), the German intelligence agency charged with monitoring threats on democratic order, has warned that any efforts to make vaccination mandatory will result in increased radicalisation.

The German parliament will vote on mandatory jabs for healthcare workers this month, while Olaf Scholz, the incoming chancellor, will hold a conscience vote on mandatory vaccinations for everyone early in the new year.

The European vaccine pass frame

‘We cannot allow some to sneak proof of vaccination with three clicks on the internet and buy it’

work, seen as a central component of keeping infection rates down and encouraging vaccination, has also been undermined by a trade in fake and forged vaccination certificates.

EU Parliament vice-president Nicola Beer said the problem was particularly significant in Germany, where anti-vaccination movements are strong. She said: “We have hundreds of examples of counterfeiting. We simply cannot allow some to sneak proof of vaccination with three clicks on the internet and buy it.”

Fake vaccination passes are available online for as little as €50 (£43).

Sweden has also failed to weed out forged certificates. A day after the Swedish government’s new vaccine pass verification app was launched last week, a Swedish journalist revealed that it still counted as valid a hoax EU Covid certificate for “Adolf Hitler”, with the date of birth marked “1900”.

The app manager acknowledged that the validity of the Hitler certificate was “a problem for credibility and security”.