Hamburg. Yesterday, the “Third Act for the Protection of the Population in the Event of an Epidemic of National Impact” was passed by the Bundestag, which was only noticed very late by the public. This is intended to “expand and specify” the current infection protection law.
This law will keep us busy for a long time. It is intended to create a legal basis for state intervention that has apparently not yet existed, even if the interventions have already been carried out. The fact that the design has it all is shown by what the German citizen of the old days loved most: traveling. The new Infection Protection Act empowers the federal government, among other things, to issue extensive travel restrictions by ordinance without having to obtain the consent of the Federal Council.
“Reset” the economic systems
This carte blanche comes into force as soon as the Bundestag has determined an epidemic situation of national importance. Already done and hardly noticed at the time on March 25, 2020. After a one and a half hour discussion in the Bundestag. Valid for one year. There is no guarantee that this will not be repeated in the future. Incidentally, the wording of the law allows such a statement even when the flu is rampant.
How much power that restricts fundamental rights will be granted to a new virus will from now on only depend on the current majority in the Bundestag. A statement by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who happily announced that the pandemic had opened up an opportunity to “reset” the economic systems in line with the 2030 agenda in terms of sustainability, shows that the reasons for proclaiming a pandemic can also be irrelevant.
Forced vaccination through the back door?
If the Federal Government makes full use of the new legal leeway, then this will be the end of cross-border freedom of movement, as there are considerable requirements when (re) entering the Federal Republic of Germany. This includes, among other things, the obligation to provide comprehensive information about the whereabouts in the period between ten days before entry to ten days afterwards. A medical certificate, a negative test result and possibly even vaccination documentation should be among the mandatory travel documents.
The travel companies are quickly appointed as agents of the bureaucratic madness, who monitor the compliance of each individual traveler and report suspected cases to the authorities. This duty to denounce one’s own customers makes the demonized private transport once again a promising option. The provisions for people arriving from so-called risk areas should come into effect. This term is “legally defined” by the revised Paragraph 2 (17) IfSG: These are areas for which the Ministry of Health, in coordination with the Foreign Office and the Ministry of the Interior, has determined an “increased risk” of infection.
China is currently not a risk area
The publication takes place on the website of the Robert Koch Institute, where the list can already be viewed. It currently covers 154 countries, from Afghanistan to Cyprus, including all EU member states. As things stand today, China is not counted among the risk areas. Not even Hubei Province. In fact, exuberant pool parties are being celebrated there again in the 11 million city of Wuhan. Should the country of origin of Covid-19 be one of the last remaining travel destinations that still allow easy re-entry into Germany?
– .
