A nurse in Germany was arrested this week for allegedly giving thousands of people saline shots instead of COVID-19 vaccines. “Today I have the sad duty to inform around 8,600 people … that it cannot be ruled out they may have received a saline solution instead of their vaccination at their vaccination appointment. For peace of mind we would recommend people get an additional vaccination,” said the district administrator of Friesland, Sven Ambrosy, in a statement, according to a German-to-English translation. The nurse, who was not named, allegedly replaced the vaccines between March and April 2021 at the Roffhausen immunization center in the city, Ambrosy added. “I’m totally shocked by the incident. The district of Friesland will do everything possible to ensure that the affected people receive their vaccination protection as soon as possible,” he said. And the individual, health officials in the Lower Saxony region said, was able to replace the …