The claim

Opponents of vaccination claim that two actors can be seen in a current vaccination campaign and therefore conclude that all participants are just acting.

Our conclusion

There was actually a bit player among the 84 people who took part in the vaccination campaign. The other person is a teacher whose name resembles an actress and only superficially looks like an actress, but who demonstrably did not take part in the vaccination campaign. The conclusion that this proves that #84 actors took part in the campaign is therefore very unfounded.

A vaccination campaign by the Ministry of Health began in October with 84 people intended to represent Germany's 84 million citizens.
Two of them are identified as actors by anti-vaccination activists. However, only one of them has anything remotely to do with acting: he is a pensioner and also a small actor. No matter, for various circles this is not a small fly in the ointment, but a whole wig!

The claim

On October 14th, Meedia reported that the Brinkert Lück Creatives agency was developing a vaccination campaign for the Federal Ministry of Health. The campaign shows “people from different backgrounds from all over Germany with their personal stories”.

An overview of the people participating in the vaccination campaign can be found HERE . There is also said to be an actress or an actor among the 84 people. This claim became known to a wider audience through a sharepic from a broadcaster that had often attracted attention with false reports and conspiracy myths:

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The station's sharepic

So let's take a closer look at who these two people are.

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The teacher

The video of the teacher, who is actually supposed to be an actress, can be found Together against Corona ” and on YouTube

According to the video, the woman's name is Anika and she is a teacher. However, it is claimed that it is actually an actress named Annika S., who can be found on the website of an agency (see HERE ). According to her own statements, Annika S. received a lot of nasty messages because of this.

So let's compare the faces:

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Anika and Annika, image source on the right: Casting Connect

Anika's hairline is higher, the eyebrows are only superficially the same, but have different shapes in detail, Anika's eyes are rounder, the eye color is different, Annika S.'s nose is straighter, Annika S.'s chin. is more pronounced, Annika S.'s ears are rounder.

Actress Annika S. also contradicts the claims YouTube video

If you watch the above and below videos again, you'll notice another big difference between the two women: their voice.

The retiree

The video of the pensioner, who is an actor (also referred to strip grandpa be found Together against Corona ” and on YouTube

On the site and in the video he is only referred to as “Uwe, pensioner”. In fact, Uwe R. also works as a small actor and extra. His profile page on Casting Connect has now been deleted, but it has since been archived .

Many people make fun of him on social media because he once took part and even posted half-naked photos of himself on social media. However, he also had many other small roles in various series. That doesn't make him a "full-blooded actor", but it does make him a relatively often booked small actor.

While the article on a relevant site emphasizes that Uwe was placed by his agency and that it was only about the money for him (which was only €100 in compensation), he also mentions there that he himself has been vaccinated 5 times, some in his own Circle of acquaintances but only twice: “ Maybe I can reach them through the commercial so that they say, okay, I’ll go again .”

Let's summarize

Among the 84 people who took part in the vaccination campaign was a small actor and a teacher whose name is similar to an actress, but who demonstrably did not take part in the vaccination campaign.

This gave birth to the hashtag #84Actor, which can still be found among many of Karl Lauterbach's tweets. Colleague Walter has a better suggestion: #1 amateur actor who was happy to accept the expense allowance but has already been vaccinated as well as an Annika who we mixed up and 82 other people

But that would probably be too long.

Further sources:

T-Online , dpa
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