Lawmakers in Germany rejected a proposal to implement a plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for nearly all adults aged 60 and older, which was backed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Health Minister Karl Lauterbach. For the bill to be passed, a simple majority was required. However, about 378 out of 674 Bundestag members voted against the measure, while only 296 supported it, local German media report. In a statement after the vote, Lauterbach claimed that rejecting the mandate would spark a COVID-19 outbreak in the fall and winter months. A “draft law that would have brought about compulsory vaccination has just failed,” he wrote on Twitter, according to a translation. “It is a very important decision because now the fight against corona will become much more difficult in the autumn. Political finger-pointing doesn’t help,” the minister added, referring to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus that causes COVID-19. “We move on.” Scholz, …