1st FSV Mainz could serve as a role model for FC Bayern and the national team: After a Corona outbreak at the beginning of August, 98 percent of the 05ers are now fully vaccinated.
14 people were sent into quarantine by the authorities ahead of the 1st Bundesliga matchday. Three players and one member of the coaching staff had previously tested positive for Corona, while eight other professionals and two staff members were placed in domestic isolation due to the lack of vaccination protection. The experience has prompted a rethink among vaccination sceptics at the club. “We have one unvaccinated person among 50 players and staff members. We don’t differentiate between players and staff. Everyone has full vaccination protection,” This brings the vaccination rate in the 05 licensed players’ section to 98 per cent.
Heidel assumes that the quarantine cases in the national team, which mainly affect FC Bayern players, will fuel the discussion among Bundesliga professionals: “Due to the current infection rate, all unvaccinated players will certainly be concerned. The incident with the DFB team can happen again and again and lead to quarantine, even if you are not ill yourself. “
Heidel: “I hope that this will lead to a rethink among the players.
Heidel said the risk was becoming greater due to the infection situation. “I hope that this will lead to a rethink among the players. In their own interest and in the interest of all colleagues and the overall responsibility towards the club. However, the public pressure is already immense now. But it is still every person’s individual decision whether to be a footballer or not.”
Mainz, meanwhile, was not completely spared despite the high level of vaccination readiness in the team. At the end of September, Alexander Hack was vaccinated. According to DFL instructions, only unvaccinated persons must still be routinely tested, but Hack had developed cold symptoms.
