Austria locks down unvaccinated amid COVID resurgence

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Source: newsnationnow.com



Updated: Nov 15, 2021 / 08:28 AM CST


BERLIN (AP) — Austria took what its leader called the “dramatic” step Monday of implementing a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people who haven’t recently had COVID-19, perhaps the most drastic of a string of measures being taken by European governments to get a massive regional resurgence of the coronavirus under control.

The move, which took effect at midnight, prohibits people 12 years old and older who haven’t been vaccinated or recently recovered from leaving their homes except for basic activities such as working, grocery shopping, going for a walk — or getting vaccinated.
Austria orders nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated

The lockdown is initially being imposed until Nov. 24 in the Alpine country of 8.9 million. It doesn’t apply to children under 12 because they cannot yet officially get vaccinated — though the capital, Vienna, on Monday opened up vaccinations for under-12s as part of a pilot project, and reported high demand......................................

Read more: https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/coronavirus/austria-locks-down-unvaccinated-amid-covid-resurgence/

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I really wish we could do this in the USA!!

[chowder66]

1. I really wish the unvaccinated would just get vaccinated to avoid such measures. They did this to

themselves.

[Delphinus]

3. Oh my ...

Did that really used to happen? I don't ever recall hearing about that! Did Yellow Fever happen here in the states?

[SoCalNative]

5. This is what was done

in some towns in the US.

[C Moon]

6. I don't think they burned the houses down to kill the people, though.

I believe they burned them down because they didn't know YF was transmitted by mosquitoes, and no one wanted to touch the dead bodies. That's the gist I got.

[Polybius]

4. So you want them murdered by fire?

Hopefully you're joking.

[cadoman]

7. it may be easier to do these sorts of lockdowns at the state level

I think it could be a bit rough at the federal level but why not do it at NY or CA or WA? It's hardly dramatic because there is a clear public safety need, and once red states saw that they were suffering by not doing it, they'd follow suit.