Paper short abstract:

The paper analyses discourses around Covid vaccinations among Russian-speaking people in the Northern part of Germany. I analyze how the feelings of (dis)trust and (ir)responsibility affects people's practices and define their perception of the German healthcare system and covid vaccination program.

Paper long abstract:

There is evidence that Russian-speaking people express a lack of trust in the German government's ability to handle the Covid-19 pandemic.

The goal of the paper is to analyze the social tension and crisis of confidence in the German healthcare system among Russian-speaking people. I propose that in conditions of distrust, individuals develop alternative strategies for achieving predictability, reducing risks, and ensuring access to the necessary resources.

The majority of social researchers are devoted to the solution of the "problem" of distrust. It is rare to encounter a functional analysis of distrust. My objective is to examine whether post-socialist distrust has become part of a rational strategy for adaptation to the lockdown.

I focus on how Russian-speaking people have managed and organised their individual and collective behaviours during the lockdown and post-lockdown restrictions in Germany, affected by the atmosphere of (dis)trust and (ir)responsibility.