Günther Jauch: He has no understanding for people who refuse to vaccinate

Political statements by Günther Jauch (65) are rarely read or heard. Even if the moderator sees himself as a “political person through and through”. But when it comes to vaccinations, he doesn’t mince his words. “I have no understanding for people who don’t want to be vaccinated,” said Jauch. According to him, vaccination would “in principle be the solution if everyone were to be vaccinated consistently”.

In his eyes, those who refuse to vaccinate would take an entire society hostage. It would be “incredible how many deaths there are, how our health system is overwhelmed, how people who urgently need surgeries can’t get there.” He has experienced it so often: “Many people who are not really worried about vaccination simply say: ‘We’ll show them up there, we’re not sheep who let themselves be led to the vaccinator.'”

Corona pandemic is catastrophic for children

His personal limitations in the two years of the corona pandemic are “not such a problem” because he doesn’t have to live in a two-room apartment with three children: “I was allowed out and I can keep myself busy.” He and his wife also had Corona at the same time. So there were “at least two of them”, otherwise one would have had to put the food in front of the other’s door. However, it is “catastrophic” for children: “What happened at school will not be easy to catch up on.”

Jauch also speaks openly about his late father Ernst-Alfred Jauch (1920-1991) and his experiences as a soldier in World War II. “Like everyone else who survived, he came home after the war without ever being treated mentally,” says the presenter, “they should just live their lives.” His father was 19 when World War II began and was drafted immediately. He was seriously wounded three times.

This is how Günther Jauch thinks about his late father

“He stepped on mines, was run over by a truck and riddled with bullets,” said Jauch. He was in the hospital for two years: “The entire youth of this year was stolen. In post-war Germany, they should just work.” His father talked about the war, but his mother didn’t like it: “She was ten years younger. She was sitting in the air raid shelter when the sirens wailed – that was her memory.”

As a child, he himself was not aware of how close his generation was to this “darkest time”. He said his life “always felt colorful and far away from Nazi Germany.” His father, on the other hand, came from another time. When asked if he might not know everything that his father experienced or did, Jauch explains: “That can be good, I didn’t really ask enough.” However, the premise “Never again” is very present to him.