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Thank you again for your valued insight.

Hmm.. yes, politician's words are cheap. Until they actually rescind the law (or schedule such procedures) best not to assume outright victory.

Nevertheless I take Eugyppius' point that it is a small victory to have them publicly concede the failure of their policy.

Let's see what autumn brings. Based on my personal experience in Bayern last winter (my case/fine is still being processed) the Infection Protection measures and the wheels of bureacracy will be use to quell any undesirable protest movements.

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Jun 26, 2022Liked by epimetheus

I mjst ask, does the austrian law regarding this work as ours do? Basically, swedish law on this topic works thus (super-simplified):

Some diseases, parasites et c are classified as a danger to society. If an outbreak is detected, locally or nationally, the doctor in charge of epidemic prevention makes a judgement call regarding measures. This can range from having a stern talk with the carrier(s) and giving them guidelines to the carrier(s( being incarcerated in a medical facilitiy indefinetely (which would require something like an outbreak of smallpox or similar).

The decision mat be challenged in court, and the doctor is answereable only to his peers in the profession. That's the legal bit.

In reality as we saw last year, there's nothing stopping politicians from enacting laws and procedures too, using a disease as an excuse and thereby sidestepping the whole pesky thing of medical professionals not acting on politicial orders.

Reading you and Eugyppius, I get the feeling that german and austrian law on this functions the same way, despite both nations having both consitutions and constitutional courts, which Sweden lacks completely.

Antoher question if I may, are there any provision for the constitutional courts to hand out punishments for violations? Our equivalent, ironically called the Constitutional Committee, can at worst say "Bad politician! Bad! Shame on you!", that's the remit of their power.

And as they cannot even force someone summoned before them to appear, they aren't so much toothless as they are completely jawless - the committee being made up out of politicians from the parties in parliament, using the same proportionality, means it's about as much a check on overreach as the russian Duma.

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The regime's plan has failed and they are scared. Bourla's talk about annual vaccines is just whistling in the dark.

However, comparing the regime's war against us with WW2, we are in 1942 in terms of progress towards winning the war.

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Since I heard of the latest news in Austria regarding the mandates, I've been looking forward to hearing your take on it. I am saddened but not surprised that your more nuanced analysis of it is less rosy than others'. My gut tells me you are right.

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