Austria is also allowing for recovery from natural infection within the last 180 days.
I’m kind of hoping that when the Biden administration’s mandates get to the SCOTUS, instead of invalidating them completely, they demand a tweak like that (natural immunity). That would give that position the appearance of compromise.
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A couple of hours ago Austria has decided to implement a lockdown for unvaccinated citizens in all its states (Reuters).
And I have looked at the numbers for their two states with low vaccination rates:
Upper Austria: 55.89 % fully vaccinated (1), 415% increase in the Covid incidence in the last 4 weeks
Salzburg: 57.06% fully vaccinated (1), 490% increase in the Covid incidence in the last 4 weeks
Sources: Coronavirus in Österreich, AGES Dashboard.
Which closely mirrors the growth rate for the German states with similiarily low vaccination rates (Saxony, Thuringia).
(1): Here, fully vaccinated does not imply a third, booster shot.
Austria is also allowing for recovery from natural infection within the last 180 days.
I’m kind of hoping that when the Biden administration’s mandates get to the SCOTUS, instead of invalidating them completely, they demand a tweak like that (natural immunity). That would give that position the appearance of compromise.