Austria’s Vaccine Mandate Becoming Law

I’m a big proponent of vaccines but this is pretty egregious over-reach.

> That changes in mid-March, when the police are to start conducting random checks of vaccination status — including during traffic stops.

It's sad but it seems Austria has totally lost its way. The vaccine mandate is only one part of it. In Austria corruption is everywhere - without good connections, business in Austria is pretty much impossible. For the past 4 years authoritarian parties were in power (currently the green and conservative party but both are authoritarian). Also, they plan crazy things like a crypto taxation that concerns transactions made in the past (so buys/sells that were done before the law becomes effective). It's pretty crazy what's going on there.

If you think about it, this isn't new but only a twist on an old law that was around for centuries. If you had leprosy you were forcibly isolated by law and sent to a leper colony that was isolated from the outside world.

The difference with this Austrian law is that the 'lepers' have a choice whether they remain 'lepers' or not.

It'll be interesting to see how this law pans out.