Sports philosopher Schürmann sees excitement about Kimmich as “absurd”

Sports philosopher Volker Schürmann cannot understand the excitement surrounding the vaccination discussion about national player Joshua Kimmich, who has not yet been vaccinated. The professor at the German Sport University Cologne calls the nationwide discussion “absurd”.

“I do not understand the excitement about the vaccination status of Joshua Kimmich and consider it very inappropriate,” said Schürmann in the Saturday edition of Munich Mercury and the TZ.

“Instead of being outraged at how many millions of people in the world cannot be faced with the question of whether or not to be vaccinated, there is a lot of wind about an individual who also has the privilege of being vaccinated free of charge and being tested daily You don’t have to understand that, “says Schürmann. In addition, there is no compulsory vaccination in Germany.

Kimmich “as a public figure had to put up with publicly asked questions, but the legal situation that it is a protected private decision also applies to him,” emphasized the sports philosopher.

The discussions, and even more so the excitement, showed “that the political mistake lies ahead of it. In terms of the matter, the decision to be vaccinated against Corona or not is not a private decision. It is also not a private decision as to whether you are red the traffic lights go “, judged Schürmann.