Would you support lockdowns for the unvaccinated ?

Austria is days away from ordering millions of unvaccinated people to stay at home, its chancellor has said, in a rare move that underscores the increasing exasperation of European leaders towards those who have not yet been inoculated against Covid-19.

Under Austria's plan, which was agreed in September, unvaccinated Austrians will face a stay-at-home order once 30% of intensive-care beds are occupied by Covid-19 patients. The current rate is 21%, according to the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), and a surge in infections has pushed it up quickly.

Unvaccinated people are already excluded from entertainment venues, restaurants, hairdressers and other parts of public life in Austria. If the new measures come into place, the unvaccinated will be ordered to stay home except for a few limited reasons; the rules will be policed by officers carrying out spot checks on those who are out.

Around 65% of Austria's population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, one of the lower rates in the European Union.
''It is clear that this winter will be uncomfortable for the unvaccinated," Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg warned on Thursday.

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OggggO · 36-40, M

Yes. I also like the idea of taking away the driver's licenses of people who refuse to quit driving under the influence, for pretty much the same reason.

HotMessExpress102 · 41-45, F

@OggggO They actually do take a driver’s license away when you’ve been “caught” driving under the influence.

OggggO · 36-40, M

@HotMessExpress102 Kinda my point…

HotMessExpress102 · 41-45, F

@OggggO Of course, but drunk driving and covid are not comparable.

OggggO · 36-40, M

@HotMessExpress102 Refusing to stop driving under the influence and refusing to take the vaccine both endanger the general public to an unacceptable degree, and both should have corresponding consequences.

HotMessExpress102 · 41-45, F

@OggggO but you missed the part where the vaccinated still catch and spread covid.... try again.

OggggO · 36-40, M

@HotMessExpress102 And sober people still have car crashes. But at vastly lower rates.

HotMessExpress102 · 41-45, F

@OggggO I swear... yup, they do, but your “reasoning” still doesn’t work. You can not compare a virus to people driving cars.
Watch me... sure, humans are the vehicle and accidents do happen and by your reasoning all cars should be parked. Or... we park the cars of the “proven” drinkers and let non “proven” drinkers drive? Right?
So because you are a proven non drinker, you get to drive? But, what if... what if your privileged ass is out at the bar one night and someone spikes your drink and you drive yourself home and end up killing someone?

You see... nobody is “safe”.

Slade · 56-60, M

@OggggO Stupid analogy. Driving is a privilege. Being free from compulsory poison injections most certainly isn't

Really · 80-89, M

@HotMessExpress102 Might be worth pointing out that drunk driving is not spread rapidly and randomly throughout the population by drunks breathing on each other ??? Not quite the same type of danger as a virus, eh? 😂

HotMessExpress102 · 41-45, F

@Really might be, but... are you doing heavy breathing on people? Do you wash your hands? Are you coughing on people?

Really · 80-89, M

@HotMessExpress102 [quote]are you doing heavy breathing on people? Do you wash your hands? Are you coughing on people?[/quote]

I'm being as cautious as practical in all the ways I know.

Having grown up in a country under military attack I have no problem with the idea that we're all in this together and need to act accordingly; or with the fact that however much you love freedom, sometimes your government will force you into physically defending it.

OggggO · 36-40, M

@HotMessExpress102 If you don't stop torturing that logic, I'm calling the police.

HotMessExpress102 · 41-45, F

@Really This is correct...