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Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan to make shots compulsory

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Germany classifying certain groups as undesirables and restricting their movements. This seems very reasonable.

It is almost like Germany did this at one point in time, sometime in the 1930s? What was that one guy's name? Schitzler? Blippar? Nitler?

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This doesn’t make sense. What about antibodies? What about the fact that vaccinated still catch and spread the virus? None of this adds up and it’s likely it all goes back to Wikileaks.

It's not meant to make sense. You are being told that your body is no longer yours. It's owned by the state.

Re: Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan to make shots compulsory

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This doesn’t make sense. What about antibodies? What about the fact that vaccinated still catch and spread the virus? None of this adds up and it’s likely it all goes back to Wikileaks.

It's not meant to make sense. You are being told that your body is no longer yours. It's owned by the state.

As of right now people are not forced to get vaccinated in Germany, so you still "own your body". This is mainly making those that choose not to get vaccinated to make a choice - don't get vaccinated and basically be restricted from doing most nonessential things, or get the vaccine.

Re: Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan to make shots compulsory

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What are the major root causes for the surge in Germany? Low humidity/temperature? New variants? Something else?

IIRC last winter in the US at least, health officials and the media were quick to blame irresponsible citizens and social gatherings – but the major root cause seemed to be a new, more transmissible (delta) variant.

Re: Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan to make shots compulsory

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What are the major root causes for the surge in Germany? Low humidity/temperature? New variants? Something else? IIRC last winter in the US at least, health officials and the media were quick to blame irresponsible citizens and social gatherings – but the major root cause seemed to be a new, more transmissible (delta) variant.

Yes, Delta combined with cooler weather and high percentage of antivaxxers.

Re: Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan to make shots compulsory

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As a double vaccinated German, I am very disappointed and angry about this move. Our politicians have failed to prepare the country for the Winter (who could have known...). We lack a basic strategy how to cope with Covid. And now they try to fix this by dividing the country in two. This will have no effect whatsoever on the infections, it will just continue to drive a divide that is already existing and will make an…

Genuine question: given the current situation, what's the alternative? A lockdown for everyone? Vaccine mandate? Doing nothing and removing restrictions? Something else?
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