G. Economou: Anyone can get the vaccine easily, quickly and safely

The Undersecretary to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesman, Giannis Oikonomou, gave explanations once again, regarding the reasons that led to the decision of the obligation, speaking to the radio station “Alpha 989”.

As he said: “The decision of the government was not taken in a vacuum, but because we have specific data, which led us to move in this direction. The data are, those that come from the Health System, which show that the vast majority of those who those who are seriously ill and, unfortunately, those who lose their lives, belong to the category of the unvaccinated and more specifically to the age group of 60 and over. A second reason is the presence of the “Omicron” mutation, which uncharted and forcing the whole world to take measures to curb dispersal and better shield the population, and the third is that we have exhausted all the means and tools of persuasion at our disposal to increase vaccination coverage. The smallest part of this effort was the age group, which should have rushed first, so this was a sample, which led the “Minister in the difficult but brave and responsible decision to put more pressure on that percentage of the elderly who remain unvaccinated.”

Mr. Oikonomou also assured that previously “everything that could have been done so far in the last year and a half, but mainly from September until now, had been exhausted. Omicron and we take this measure for that portion of our elderly fellow citizens who remain unvaccinated in order for this to work as a compelling incentive to go for vaccination. protects itself and society as a whole “.

Responding to the criticism of the official opposition, Mr. Economou stated that “the logic of imposing a fine is neither class nor income. It has nothing to do with trying to get money from the people. Obligation must have consistency. There is no” optional When you talk about compulsion, there must be a consequence, so that what you call compulsory really takes place. But before we go there and the consequences, let ‘s go for the obvious. their own protection and the protection of the community “.

Finally, he assured about the imposition of the fine that “the decisions of the government and the laws that it brings to the Parliament, have taken into account the provisions and restrictions of the Constitution. It is completely in line with the letter and the spirit of the Constitution and obviously will not it could have been different. ”