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09/03/2022
Austria will suspend its mandate for all adults to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the health ministry confirmed to Euronews.
The government was the first in the European Union to require people to be jabbed against the disease.
The measure was announced last autumn when the country was in the midst of an upsurge in cases. A national lockdown was imposed to slow infections.
On Wednesday, Austria's constitutional minister, Karoline Edtstadler, said that the vaccine mandate was "not proportionate" to the situation, public broadcaster ORF reported.
The vaccine mandate included a grace period between 5 February and 15 March for people to comply with the requirement.
From mid-March, police were expected to carry out checks with those who could not prove they were fully vaccinated facing fines of up to €3,600.
But the measure will be suspended for now and reassessed following a review, said health minister Johannes Rauch.
Nearly 70% of Austria's population are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the health ministry...
The decision to temporarily suspend the mandate came following an expert report that said waiting to implement the vaccine mandate would be a "milder encroachment on fundamental rights compared to immediate implementation".
The report warned however that a new massive wave of COVID-19 in fall 2022 was "very likely".
As much as the movie Idiocracy portrayed an idiotic, uncaring and incompetent health care system, it would have been unbelievable just a few years back to imagine state healthcare devolving to the point they appear unable to comprehend sniffles are a normal fall and winter phenomena.
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March 14, 2022
Countries around the world are signaling they are “done with COVID.”
Like asylum patients who have finally been taken off their sedatives and allowed to think for themselves, even the most zealous lockdown maniacs — like Ontario’s Doug Ford — have come alive and are singing a new tune about “moving on,” and seem to have a little more pep in their step.
All of the sudden, natural immunity, human rights, the rights of children to breathe fresh air, and a whole host of other sane ideas are the new normal.
It is fascinating, even if a bit surprising. However, the change is welcome — even if the leaders are disingenuous in their change.