Psychestim
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Austria even announced a lockdown for the non vaccinated.
While I usually agree with your statement, I think this a different story. I don’t know how the situation in Belgium currently looks like but our health care system, especially the medical personell is beyond overwhelmed. Yesterday we had more Covid infections per day since the start of the pandemic. Around 70% of those new infections are unvaccinated (Source (in German): https://wien.orf.at/stories/3128752/) and around 75% of the patients in intensive care are also unvaccinated (source (in German): https://orf.at/stories/3235440/). In Austria less than 70% of all adults are vaccinated so of course they put pressure on them, because those are the infections that really matter. It’s absolute madness here and something has to be done. When the government announced the 2G rule (vaccinated or recovered) there was an insane influx of people wanting to get vaccinated (Source (in German): https://m.faz.net/aktuell/politik/a...-auf-impfzentren-in-oesterreich-17622821.html) and I‘m sure its going to be similar with the lockdown for the unvaccinated (I‘d rather see a lockdown for everyone though, because our society is already extremely divided and this reinforces that even further).It is still peoples individual rights we’re talking about, I believe very strongly in that.
I’m by no means saying this is the best solution or the way out of this pandemic but it will reduce the pressure on our hospitals and its likely that less people will die.
Vienna announced a 2G+ rule (entry is only granted if you‘re vaccinated & PCR tested or recovered & PCR tested) for our nightclubs, catering, etc. yesterday which, I think, is the right choice considering the current circumstances.
Edit: Grammar and wrong link
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