Opinion: Mandatory vaccinations won’t help now
04 December 2021 |
2:55 pm
Even if mandatory vaccinations are deemed legal and the unvaccinated show up for their shots, requiring everyone to get vaccinated won't solve Germany's COVID crisis. We need another lockdown, writes DW's Joscha Weber.
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