[_tunic_]

Shit is hitting the fan, once again
Yesterday we had the highest amount of positive tests, ever! with 16.364
New restrictions will be announced tonight which will especially affect bars, restaurants, cinemas and concert halls. Everyone is pissed about it
And Le Guess Who? festival is this weekend as well .... hope they can go through without restrictions.

[_tunic_]

Wheehee thread recovered!

[Antagon]

Austria has hit record-highs as well, with 11.798 new infections today. Up until a few days ago, the previous high point was at 9000-something per day.


Politicians are currently discussing a lockdown solely for unvaccinated people. Everyone projects that it won't be realistically enforcable due to the lax measures taken up until that point and that soon, we'll find ourselves again in a lockdown for all, unvaxxed and vaxxed.


The state I grew up in is at the forefront of this development, with close to 3000 cases. I remember telling people that checking vaccination statuses at restaurants, bars, public places etc. was not just a suggestion, but a necessity. I've been met with laissez-faire rhetoric at best and subtly hostile attitudes at worst in some scenarios. The numbers were low in Summer. Now they are not. Same development as last year. No lessons learned. I feel like I've been talking through my ass. I'm pissed at people not taking this situation seriously. I'm pissed at anti-vaxxers spreading their toxic B.S. I'm pissed at Upper Austria's rising disconnect from reality and reason.


Fuck people. One thread I'd have loved to fade into obscurity.

[Antagon]

^


As if to mitigate the frustrated rant above a bit, the city (and state) of Vienna just announced two major things:


1. Clubs, concerts and events with 25 visitors and up are now required to only let in people who are both vaxxed/recently recovered AND able to produce a negative PCR-test.


2. The period after which someone is able to get a booster shot has been lowered to 4 months after the initial immunization. And dates are already available.



So I just booked my third shot. For all the frustrations I had up to this Summer, Vienna's sort of been on a roll ever since. At least administratively so. Randos in public are a different story altogether. There's no guarantee those extra-measures will stop the currently massive spread in its tracks, but for a while now, Vienna had the lowest numbers of infections per capita as compared with the other Austrian states/provinces. Having been the hardliner (Vienna has had the strictest measures of all the regions in Austria for some time now) for a while kind of/sort of paid off. I hope that trend continues.


I also hope that some of the other provinces learn to make some goddamn sense and take proper measures as well.

[Antagon]

ICUs in the state of Salzburg are already above capacity, Upper Austria is on the tipping point.

The former is operating by order of triage already - selecting which patients to take care of and which will have to wait/possibly die.

Meanwhile, the two coalition parties are at loggerheads with each other. The Conservative majority is still clinging to the populist route - not wanting to declare a harsh Lockdown for everyone - because they had promised that the pandemic was kind-of, sort-of over for the vaccinated. The minority coalition partner (the Green Party) however is listening to expert opinions and is pushing for harsher measures in light of current developments.

Everyone is projecting that soon enough, the reigning party will be forced to declare said Lockdown - not because they finally decided to listen to their partners, but because by that point, the cases will have exploded to a point that could damage their reputation.

And the cat riddled with worms chases its tail ... again.

[Antagon]

And ... Ivermectin is sold out in many pharmacies across Upper Austria. We live in the dumbest possible time-line.

[Antagon]

And ... Lockdown. Starting this Monday. Vaccination mandates have been declared and are supposed to take effect in February. Whispers and murmurs about tomorrow's antivaxxer protests having the potential to be ... especially dire. Additional police presence has been announced for vaccination centers and hospitals, because they can't rule out "activities" in or around medical centers. Good times.

[_slavo_]

So I got it too. After 2,5 years and three shots of vaccine, and when Covid is nearly "over", I got caught up in it too.
Pretty nasty if you ask me. High fever, cough, weakness, yada yada

[greenlight]

Originally Posted by _slavo_

So I got it too. After 2,5 years and three shots of vaccine, and when Covid is nearly "over", I got caught up in it too.
Pretty nasty if you ask me. High fever, cough, weakness, yada yada

sorry to hear that. do you know where could you get it?

was it on your hol., or upon your return?

[Antagon]

Originally Posted by _slavo_

So I got it too. After 2,5 years and three shots of vaccine, and when Covid is nearly "over", I got caught up in it too.
Pretty nasty if you ask me. High fever, cough, weakness, yada yada

Wish you a nice and swift recovery. Lots of people in my circle had it lately. All the mutations seem to have eluded me so far. Though I have a hunch I might have had the OG virus back in early 2020 (no way to prove that now though). My mum's currently quarantining. Thankfully, she's doing okay.

[tw2113]

i have a feeling it's one of those things where if you have it, you know you have it. I can't think of any time where I could say "yes, I have something nasty", so I've still been very fortunate and definitely triple stabbed.

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by tw2113

I can't think of any time where I could say "yes, I have something nasty"

But you have the shake shake...

[Antagon]

Originally Posted by tw2113

i have a feeling it's one of those things where if you have it, you know you have it.

Many people do know when they have it, but it's not quite such an open-and-shut case with everyone. Some have gotten through an entirely asymptomatical bout. Others had symptoms that were very mild and could easily be confused with other things. Therein lies one of the dangers, I think. One can spread it without having a clue they are infected.

[Antagon]

My mother tested negative again now and she's had a mostly mild bout, thankfully.

[_slavo_]

Originally Posted by Antagon

Wish you a nice and swift recovery. Lots of people in my circle had it lately. All the mutations seem to have eluded me so far. Though I have a hunch I might have had the OG virus back in early 2020 (no way to prove that now though). My mum's currently quarantining. Thankfully, she's doing okay.

thank you. I'm 99% healthy now already, just cough a few times a day.


funny thing, I might have got it on Vienna airport when I was getting back from vacation

[The Soup Nazi]

When you have covid, here’s how you know you are no longer contagious

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