Posted on 03/18/2022 6:38:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
After a surge in COVID cases caused by the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant, Austria is set to re-impose mask mandates that were dropped just two weeks ago.
And there you were thinking the technocrats had finally let it go.
Mask mandates in every area of the country apart from the capital Vienna were lifted as part of the general continent-wide trend of finally learning to “live with COVID.”
That included ending the requirement for Austrians to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to enter most premises.
However, despite the BA.2 variant proving even less dangerous than the original Omicron variant in terms of hospitalisations and deaths, restrictions are being brought back.
“Austria to reintroduce mandatory mask mandates in most indoor settings starting next week, just two weeks after the requirement was abolished,” reports Disclose.tv.
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So many governments are just gaslighting their people to revolt and throw out the totalitarian tyrants.
What do you expect from the country that gave us Adolf Hitler.
Waiting for, ‘The People’s Republic of Madistan’ OVERLORDS to reinstate their mask mandate, as well.
Commies gonna do what Commies gonna do!
*SPIT*
bttt
Masks don’t do anything and the vaccines don’t stop the spread, but let’s mandate them…
i hope the Austrians just ignore them. support businesses that buck these tyrants.
never again.
Coronavirus PING!
Somebody needs mask racket money.
Masks for students need to be optional forever. The drawbacks far outweigh any “benefits” for them.
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