Germany says RFK Jr.'s claims about patient autonomy are unfounded

Independent.co reports Germany has vehemently dismissed accusations from US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the nation undermined patient autonomy, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. German Health Minister Nina Warken issued a statement late on Saturday, asserting: "The statements made by the US Secretary of Health are completely unfounded, factually incorrect, and must be rejected." Earlier that day Mr Kennedy had posted a video saying he had written to the German minister; his letter was reportedly based on information suggesting the government was "limiting people’s abilities to act on their own convictions when they face medical decisions." He said he had learned that "more than a thousand German physicians and thousands of their patients now face prosecution and punishment for issuing exemptions from wearing masks or getting COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic," though he did not provide specific examples.

Warken rejected Kennedy’s claims, saying that "during the coronavirus pandemic, there was never any obligation on the medical profession to administer COVID-19 vaccinations.

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