German health minister rejects US counterpart's COVID claims DW 01/11/2026
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German health minister rejects US counterpart's COVID claims  DW  01/11/2026
"I've learned that more than a thousand German physicians, and thousands of their patients, now face prosecution and punishment for issuing exemptions from wearing masks or getting COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic."
"to restore medical autonomy" and "end politically motivated prosecutions."
"At no time during the coronavirus pandemic was there any obligation for doctors to carry out vaccines against COVID-19,"
"criminal prosecution took place only in cases of fraud and forgery of documents, such as the issuing of false vaccine certificates"
German Health Minister Nina Warken rejected as baseless claims that more than a thousand German physicians and thousands of their patients faced prosecution for issuing mask or vaccine exemptions during the coronavirus pandemic. US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr posted a video alleging prosecutions and said he had written a letter asking her to "restore medical autonomy" and "end politically motivated prosecutions." Warken said no obligation ever existed for doctors to carry out COVID-19 vaccinations, that doctors who declined for medical, ethical or personal reasons were not criminally liable, and that prosecutions occurred only for fraud or forgery of documents.
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