The SVP politician Martin Wernli (52) is resigning from the Aargau canton parliament after ten years. This was announced by the President of the Grand Council, Elisabeth Burgener, at the beginning of the Council meeting on Tuesday. She read the resignation letter like that «Aargauer Zeitung» reported.
The reason for the withdrawal from politics are complications after the first corona vaccination. Wernli had himself vaccinated against Corona in July and has been struggling with complications ever since. He is therefore being treated by Barbara Jakopp, head of the vaccination centers at the Cantonal Hospital in Aarau.
“The rash hasn’t gone away to this day”
As Wernli explained when asked by Blick, he was vaccinated against Corona with the active ingredient from Moderna. “The vaccination apparently triggered bilateral pneumonia in me,” says Wernli. «A little later I also got hives. It’s a biting rash. It still hasn’t gone away and it’s only going to get worse.” The constant itching is a psychological burden, says the politician.
“I finally had to set priorities and decided to concentrate on my business, where I employ around 20 people,” says Wernli. The SVP man is active in the sale of agricultural machinery.
doubts about causality
Due to the complications, Wernli did not take further doses of the corona vaccination. He is not an opponent of vaccination, he emphasizes. “I vaccinated myself because I wanted to.” Then the problems mentioned arose. “I was just unlucky that it hit me.”
Christoph Fux, head of infectiology at the Cantonal Hospital Aarau (KSA), explains compared to TeleM1, that as with any drug, there can be side effects with the corona vaccination. Fux does not know Wernli’s personal medical history, but he has certain doubts about the causality between the vaccination and the disease. “No vaccine – neither that of the flu nor that of Covid – can itself cause pneumonia.” In the case of Wernli, the nettle fever appeared later than usual and only after treatment with antibiotics. (sf/noo)