MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Critical assessment of the vaccination campaigns and claims of a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’ in view of RKI minutes from during the COVID-19 pandemic – E-002005/2024

Question for written answer  E-002005/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Christine Anderson (ESN)

Statements setting out measures under the vaccination campaigns made much of the effectiveness of the vaccines and the notion of a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’. However, internal minutes from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) show that the virus was problematic for the unvaccinated too and that the effectiveness of the vaccine varied depending on the variant.

• 1.How was information on the vaccination campaign exchanged between the Commission and Member States, and did the RKI and the Commission come to an agreement?
• 2.Is the Commission aware of the content of the RKI minutes and were these minutes critically scrutinised and reviewed after they were published?
• 3.What steps are being taken to retrospectively evaluate the effectiveness of the vaccination campaigns, and how is the Commission planning on fully restoring the good name of campaign critics who faced punishments such as career setbacks and social ostracism?

Submitted: 9.10.2024