The pieces are falling into place: even if mandates are revoked during spring, be prepared for the roll-out of combined Covid+Flu mRNA shots--and mandates--later this year
Dear readers, sorry for the somewhat odd spelling etc.; I was in a rush over the weekend, wrote the post over two days, and had no time to thoroughly proof-read. Apologies.
I've just edited the piece lightly for spelling and clarity.
Fresh insider information from a ÖVP minister: Germany‘s Freedom Day will be announced by the end of March, as Scholz will not prolong the validity of the „emergency law“. He has already „warned“ Nehammer about this. Austria will announce it by Easter, latest. ÖVP will strive for new elections, Mückstein (and with him the Grüne) will be de-installed soon, as he is a threat to the whole political landscape due to his incompetence. (ÖVP has lost 12 % in the past local elections in Lower Austria and in latest polls, party leader is freaking out). ÖVP is already reaching out to SPÖ and FPÖ for checking their willingness for coalition. Our bought experts and media will start communicating with a totally contrary (i.e. optimistic) message by mid-February (actually, they already have started, it seems). After kicking out Mückstein there will be new elections and the newly formed government will then not speak of vaccination mandates ever again. (I will spare you with new hilarious details about the technical and actual execution of the law 😂. Mückstein and his team are really the most incompetent people on this planet, I guess. „Idiocracy“ at its best.)
ÖVP also freaks as Mückstein‘s department is not able to answer the questions of the Supreme Court by deadline 18 February and therefore the Court will scrub the vaxx mandate. This would shine a very dark light on the whole government and this would be the political death for ÖVP. So they do everything to get rid of Grüne asap.
Well, that‘s the news. This insider had already provided his friend, who is a Corona measures critic, with accurate details about upcoming lockdowns, vaxx mandate, etc. throughout the whole pandemic. Therefore the critic believes him and he also had similar thoughts regarding the next steps of our government even before he had spoken with his insider friend. So the scenario is very likely to end like stated above.
I have a feeling that this could be the truth. Yesterday our „experts“ from GECKO have already told us that they now have found out that already at least 93 % of the Austrians have immunity, either from disease or from vaxx. That‘s totally sufficient for protection in autumn/winter with a maybe upcoming wave. Hear, hear. Some days ago they told us the contrary, not enough immunity, much more jabs are needed. Furthermore the deputy chief of our „Bioethikkommission“ stated that the vaxx mandate is horribly unethical as it is inconsistent, not appropriate and by far not the mildest remedy in combating Cov. Furthermore the ethics guy stated that the adverse events from the jab were not accurately recorded and analyzed, same for transmission data from vaxxed and unvaxxed. Some days ago the head of Bioethikkommission told us the complete opposite, a vaxx mandate was our duty and only chance for not endanger the whole society.
The whole narrative is crumbling. Grüne will be destroyed forever (I even guess the party will split up), ÖVP will change from turquoise to black again and SPÖ will stop their hysterical Cov theater as they will kiss ÖVP arses in order to get into coalition again.
I was aware that politics is a corrupt field - especially in Austria. But I was not quite aware of the immense power ÖVP really has. They own media and experts to the core. And people believe those experts and they do not see that they are only talking puppets.
And yes, I totally agree: We must not stop protesting until the last bit of „emergency law“ and green passes is gone for good.
That is quite some, Yakari, esp. as this (allegedly) comes from a Minister, i.e., from someone deep within the People's Party's inner circles.
While I haven't been privy to that level of access, my thoughts were moving towards this conclusion for a while (and I've written about this back in autumn): 'Covid' is a fundamentally political issue, hence all solution to such a 'problem' must, and cannot be anything but, political as well.
I'm preparing my latest on Covidistan, I just want to wait for Mückstein acually presenting the decree. Legacy media was 'reporting' about a plethora of exceptions (stupidly enough, but much in line with your contact's comment about Mückstein's 'competence'; according to ORF et al., if you received chemotherapy in the past 6 months, you're off the hook, but you must get jabbed if you received such medication 6 months + 1 day ago), on top of continue 'technical difficulties'.
Personally, I think that no-one in the ÖVP would look at the upcoming elections as anything but potentially catastrophic: local elections in late February (in parts of the Tyrol) will all but certainly witness losses for them quite comparable to the ones in Waidhofen/Ybbs. The presidency is up for grabs in mid-November at the latest, and all-important state elections are scheduled for Lower Austria, Salzburg, and the Tyrol in spring 2023.
If what your source tells you is correct--about the ÖVP reaching out to the SPÖ and the FPÖ, this might mean that there's a good chance that the vaccination mandate may actually be rescinded by parliament. I'm extremely wary of the law being kept on the books but not enforced, for this would certainly allow abitrary application at some point in the future.
I'll have some more to say about this entire mess before too long (gotta discuss last week's Covid numbers from Norway first, though), and I'll conclude here by stating this: I've said this for a while, but the ÖVP's problems derive, in no small part, from bad polling data, which are the direct result of fanatical ideologues among the Greens driving the Covid mania. Mückstein is key to this, but, as your source correctly pointed out, his incompetence is staggering, yet for (again) political reasons the ÖVP was unable to get out of this abusive coalition (no sympathies for them, though) sooner.
As I said repeatedly, the vaccination mandate will bring down this government, unfortunately not simply because of its amorality and outright lunacy, but mainly because once established, it sets a dangerous precedent. None of the prime pushers of this kind of crap is actually needed anymore, hence the perception of elections as a way out of this entire Covid mess is gaining ground.
I've been keeping an eye on the Ottawa protests and how there is such a joyous party atmosphere. My prediction for here in Germany is that, since Carnival celebrations have been cancelled, the Monday evening walks on February 28th will be used to channel people's frustrations into unofficial celebrations. That Monday is a school holiday in Bavaria and other states and will fall two weeks before the vaccine mandates are due to enter effect in the heaIthcare sector. I am cautiously (very) optimistic that an enormous celebratory turnout will herald the end of mandates!
Ha, that Carnival issue is a great addition, and I'm thankful you brought this up. Esp. in western Germany--notably the Rhineland--Carnival was always about much more than 'fun in the streets'.
Maybe there will be 'rogue' celebrations, for historically, Carnival used to be the 1-2 days when 'everything was o.k.', i.e., disregard for rules, etiquette, etc. (think: 'The Purge', but in a joyful, raucuous setting, i.e., peace and love instead of hate and crime; on second thought: Covid might be something to be thought about akin to 'The Purge').
It might well be that turnout, as you suspect, will be much bigger than anticipated, which will further induce the Scholz gov't to let the emergency measures lapse.
well said. i will try to post your links ... hopefully get some exposure. one thing i have noted others do, is to post on other substack blogs like berenson etc. and people get your link there when they like your comment ... just an idea.
unfortunately, my take is the same. the background of that women with creditsalt a telling sign; there is no reason for someone of that background to be involved on health issues except other motives. all these macron, draghi, morrison and so on have similar background - someone once said these sort of people are easy to blackmail and would do anything.
ZH had some story about new HIV covid thing in Netherlands. it reminded me a podcast by rense on same subject. he has a good scientist erica which seems a reliable and competent person. she is on every week a couple of times. here is a link to that story might be worth your time.
Jeff & Erica - Top Covid Stories - New German Study Shows Vaxed Have Already Lost 87% Of Immune Systems And Will All Have AIDS Soon (see below on minute 8)
Hi again, thanks for the comment and the link to the podcast, I'll certainly have a look.
As to the matter at-hand, I remember McCullough telling Joe Rogan about an early trial or the like, which took place in Australia (iirc), and now I'm gonna go back and listen to that conversation again. If memory serves me right, though, he said something like study/trial participants 'tested positiv for HIV/AIDS', but they didn't have it.
That said, it is well-established that the Covid jabs suppress one's immune system for 1-2 weeks, which would allow all kinds of latent viruses and bacteria to run amok, so to say; furthermore, some data appears to indicate that autoimmune issues are a problem, as any quick dive into Vaccine-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (VAIDS) suggests.
More after I listened to this, but I've seen comparable indications in the literature and brought up in conversations such as the one mentioned above.
Covidistan‘s ÖVP really seems to begin with their project to de-install the Grüne. Wind in mass media is changing and furthermore the focus is now on some illegal arrangements between Kurz (ex-ÖVP chancellor) and Kogler (Grüne deputy chancellor) in January 2020. Fun fact: Focus is on the „bad guy“ Grüne - and not on the other, and even worse baaaad guy, ÖVP. As Kurz has left the stage some months ago and Kogler is still in charge. Here is a short (German) article from Swiss media: https://www.srf.ch/news/international/illegale-absprachen-neuer-korruptionsskandal-erschuettert-oesterreich
I am 99.99 % sure that the leaked side-letter was intentionally leaked by ÖVP in order to destroy Grüne totally. As ÖVP has also set up the whole „Ibiza Affäre“ thing in order to get rid of FPÖ. They hoped to get a better coalition partner after FPÖ but well - that did not work obviously 😆. At the moment I really am thankful for this whole Corona chaos as only now we all can see how politics in Austria (and worldwide) works. Even more corrupt and incompetent as in „House of Cards“. I hope that protests will even increase, protests against political corruption should evolve from the Covid protests. That‘s the best chance we will get in a long time, I guess. I am not very optimistic about that, but at least there is some hope that the whole system could crash. Worldwide.
I see the intimated bundling of SARS-CoV-2 monitoring into influenza monitoring as kind of ambiguous - it resembles what locales that are declaring the end of the emergency are saying, after all. Obviously Druml is not giving off that same vibe.
Yakari's comment is an encouraging alternate prediction.
I agree that it might also be somwhat more innocuous, but I maintain my skepticism about the powers-that-be and their intentions.
Over here in Norway, part of the 'let's treat this as influenza' vibe has been about this, but only in small part. The vast majority of voices so far cried 'wolf' so many times that I find it weird that people would still take the powers-that-be seriously at-all. Still, I hope that my take is wrong, and Yakari's comment is encouraging to some degrees (see my longer reply above).
The problem is this, though: even if the government (or on of the two parties currently in power) changes course, as long as advisors like Druml and laws like the vaxx mandate remain in their positions, a relapse is also possible, in fact, I'd argue very likely at the earliest possibility.
It sounds like both Austria and Germany (well, the officials at least) are going to have to ram their heads into the wall until they pass out before they change.
Do you see any politically viable "off ramps" so to speak from the current situation? (Disregarding if they want this level of control forother reasons or with other excuses.)
In Germany, I see one possibility is to make the Health Minister, head of infectious diseases institute the fall guys and claim Omicron changes the calculus. Clear them out. Claim poor judgement and signal a new direction. Not very likely :(
More likely, increasing Omicon cases in vaccinated and increasing public protests will spell the end for universal vax mandates and the politicans will pivot, attempting a compromise solution with an age-based vax mandate like in Greece, Italy, (abandoned in Czech) claiming it prudent to prepare for future variants/waves/winters :(
The more immediate question is if they will manage to implement the already legislated mandate for healthcare workers. Or will they be forced to retreat as in the UK? I suspect they won't be able to implement it, but they will certainly try!
That is a quite apt description, but--as Witzbold points out--there are differences between both countries.
In Covidistan, the ÖVP doesn't run the Health Ministry, their coalition partner (the Greens) does. Mückstein may be hilariously incompetent, and anti-Green sentiment in the ÖVP is running very high, hence blowing up the government might actually be a good idea from their vantage point, as it clearly has the potential to destroy the Greens.
In Germany, though, it's the SPD's own Health Minister (Lauterbach) that would needs to be fired. And this is a much more problematic proposition. I could see the avenue you alluded to, but how to do? Maybe Lauterbach will publicly cite 'health issues' or the like, but then again, unlike in Austria, the German chancellor has something that's called 'Richtlinienkompetenz' (rough translation: the power to direct cabinet ministers, i.e., the German chancellor is in charge). It just doesn't strike me as very likely that someone like Lauterbach likes to take orders.
Thank you to both of you. I ask for purely selfish reasons: our politicians regularly refers to the EU and to either Germany a/o the US: "if the they do it, it must be good"-attitude sort of.
We have a similar situation re: the Greens and their political influence. Due to sheer lunacy and incompetence they have dropped below the treshold for having seats in the riksdag (4% of the votes). The socialist democrats severed their ties to them in december, and started to blatantly copy propositions and talking points from the Sweden Democrats (think classic pre-globalism socialist democrats).
I hope your electorate come to their sense, even if your politicians don't. Perhaps seeing nations such as Turkey or Albania awarding their citizenry greater freedom will be sobering for the leadership?
Ha, that reference to Turkey and Albania are exquisitely 'ironic' things, which no-one in Austria will ever consider: 'they' are, of course, ‘quasi-Orientals' (I don't think so) to locals, hence whatever 'they' do cannot be 'good' or even apt for the 'superiors'.
Re the political lunacy: the situation is very much comparable to the Austrian-German relationship. Add the NGO-mediated vassal-status with respct to the US, and there you go.
As to the Greens: they've been outside parliament for 2 years in recent memory (2017-19, iirc), and this is very much a possibility, hence their insistence on pushing the much-larger ÖVP around. But this only works, sort of, until it doesn't. If Yakari's information is correct, that breaking point is imminent, and there's a good chance the voters will 'vote the bums out', including--as per my spouse--the opportunity that the Greens will split into a more 'realist' (i.e., power-hungry = sell-out) party that may or may not make the 4% threshold and a 'radical' (i.e., self-styled 'purist') party that is unpalatable to virtually all voters, and it always was that way, but the Greens have been remarkably successful in pretending (lying) to the populace that they are simply a 'greener' mildly pink party.
I suspect the day of reckoning to come before too long.
Dear readers, sorry for the somewhat odd spelling etc.; I was in a rush over the weekend, wrote the post over two days, and had no time to thoroughly proof-read. Apologies.
I've just edited the piece lightly for spelling and clarity.
Fresh insider information from a ÖVP minister: Germany‘s Freedom Day will be announced by the end of March, as Scholz will not prolong the validity of the „emergency law“. He has already „warned“ Nehammer about this. Austria will announce it by Easter, latest. ÖVP will strive for new elections, Mückstein (and with him the Grüne) will be de-installed soon, as he is a threat to the whole political landscape due to his incompetence. (ÖVP has lost 12 % in the past local elections in Lower Austria and in latest polls, party leader is freaking out). ÖVP is already reaching out to SPÖ and FPÖ for checking their willingness for coalition. Our bought experts and media will start communicating with a totally contrary (i.e. optimistic) message by mid-February (actually, they already have started, it seems). After kicking out Mückstein there will be new elections and the newly formed government will then not speak of vaccination mandates ever again. (I will spare you with new hilarious details about the technical and actual execution of the law 😂. Mückstein and his team are really the most incompetent people on this planet, I guess. „Idiocracy“ at its best.)
ÖVP also freaks as Mückstein‘s department is not able to answer the questions of the Supreme Court by deadline 18 February and therefore the Court will scrub the vaxx mandate. This would shine a very dark light on the whole government and this would be the political death for ÖVP. So they do everything to get rid of Grüne asap.
Well, that‘s the news. This insider had already provided his friend, who is a Corona measures critic, with accurate details about upcoming lockdowns, vaxx mandate, etc. throughout the whole pandemic. Therefore the critic believes him and he also had similar thoughts regarding the next steps of our government even before he had spoken with his insider friend. So the scenario is very likely to end like stated above.
I have a feeling that this could be the truth. Yesterday our „experts“ from GECKO have already told us that they now have found out that already at least 93 % of the Austrians have immunity, either from disease or from vaxx. That‘s totally sufficient for protection in autumn/winter with a maybe upcoming wave. Hear, hear. Some days ago they told us the contrary, not enough immunity, much more jabs are needed. Furthermore the deputy chief of our „Bioethikkommission“ stated that the vaxx mandate is horribly unethical as it is inconsistent, not appropriate and by far not the mildest remedy in combating Cov. Furthermore the ethics guy stated that the adverse events from the jab were not accurately recorded and analyzed, same for transmission data from vaxxed and unvaxxed. Some days ago the head of Bioethikkommission told us the complete opposite, a vaxx mandate was our duty and only chance for not endanger the whole society.
The whole narrative is crumbling. Grüne will be destroyed forever (I even guess the party will split up), ÖVP will change from turquoise to black again and SPÖ will stop their hysterical Cov theater as they will kiss ÖVP arses in order to get into coalition again.
I was aware that politics is a corrupt field - especially in Austria. But I was not quite aware of the immense power ÖVP really has. They own media and experts to the core. And people believe those experts and they do not see that they are only talking puppets.
And yes, I totally agree: We must not stop protesting until the last bit of „emergency law“ and green passes is gone for good.
That is quite some, Yakari, esp. as this (allegedly) comes from a Minister, i.e., from someone deep within the People's Party's inner circles.
While I haven't been privy to that level of access, my thoughts were moving towards this conclusion for a while (and I've written about this back in autumn): 'Covid' is a fundamentally political issue, hence all solution to such a 'problem' must, and cannot be anything but, political as well.
I'm preparing my latest on Covidistan, I just want to wait for Mückstein acually presenting the decree. Legacy media was 'reporting' about a plethora of exceptions (stupidly enough, but much in line with your contact's comment about Mückstein's 'competence'; according to ORF et al., if you received chemotherapy in the past 6 months, you're off the hook, but you must get jabbed if you received such medication 6 months + 1 day ago), on top of continue 'technical difficulties'.
Personally, I think that no-one in the ÖVP would look at the upcoming elections as anything but potentially catastrophic: local elections in late February (in parts of the Tyrol) will all but certainly witness losses for them quite comparable to the ones in Waidhofen/Ybbs. The presidency is up for grabs in mid-November at the latest, and all-important state elections are scheduled for Lower Austria, Salzburg, and the Tyrol in spring 2023.
If what your source tells you is correct--about the ÖVP reaching out to the SPÖ and the FPÖ, this might mean that there's a good chance that the vaccination mandate may actually be rescinded by parliament. I'm extremely wary of the law being kept on the books but not enforced, for this would certainly allow abitrary application at some point in the future.
I'll have some more to say about this entire mess before too long (gotta discuss last week's Covid numbers from Norway first, though), and I'll conclude here by stating this: I've said this for a while, but the ÖVP's problems derive, in no small part, from bad polling data, which are the direct result of fanatical ideologues among the Greens driving the Covid mania. Mückstein is key to this, but, as your source correctly pointed out, his incompetence is staggering, yet for (again) political reasons the ÖVP was unable to get out of this abusive coalition (no sympathies for them, though) sooner.
As I said repeatedly, the vaccination mandate will bring down this government, unfortunately not simply because of its amorality and outright lunacy, but mainly because once established, it sets a dangerous precedent. None of the prime pushers of this kind of crap is actually needed anymore, hence the perception of elections as a way out of this entire Covid mess is gaining ground.
Great news, thank you!
I've been keeping an eye on the Ottawa protests and how there is such a joyous party atmosphere. My prediction for here in Germany is that, since Carnival celebrations have been cancelled, the Monday evening walks on February 28th will be used to channel people's frustrations into unofficial celebrations. That Monday is a school holiday in Bavaria and other states and will fall two weeks before the vaccine mandates are due to enter effect in the heaIthcare sector. I am cautiously (very) optimistic that an enormous celebratory turnout will herald the end of mandates!
Ha, that Carnival issue is a great addition, and I'm thankful you brought this up. Esp. in western Germany--notably the Rhineland--Carnival was always about much more than 'fun in the streets'.
Maybe there will be 'rogue' celebrations, for historically, Carnival used to be the 1-2 days when 'everything was o.k.', i.e., disregard for rules, etiquette, etc. (think: 'The Purge', but in a joyful, raucuous setting, i.e., peace and love instead of hate and crime; on second thought: Covid might be something to be thought about akin to 'The Purge').
It might well be that turnout, as you suspect, will be much bigger than anticipated, which will further induce the Scholz gov't to let the emergency measures lapse.
I'll keep my fingers crossed.
well said. i will try to post your links ... hopefully get some exposure. one thing i have noted others do, is to post on other substack blogs like berenson etc. and people get your link there when they like your comment ... just an idea.
That would be nice.
Also, re your 'well said' part--I sincerely hope I'm wrong about this.
What's your take?
unfortunately, my take is the same. the background of that women with creditsalt a telling sign; there is no reason for someone of that background to be involved on health issues except other motives. all these macron, draghi, morrison and so on have similar background - someone once said these sort of people are easy to blackmail and would do anything.
ZH had some story about new HIV covid thing in Netherlands. it reminded me a podcast by rense on same subject. he has a good scientist erica which seems a reliable and competent person. she is on every week a couple of times. here is a link to that story might be worth your time.
Jeff & Erica - Top Covid Stories - New German Study Shows Vaxed Have Already Lost 87% Of Immune Systems And Will All Have AIDS Soon (see below on minute 8)
https://mediaarchives.gsradio.net/rense/special/rense_010322_hr3.mp3
Hi again, thanks for the comment and the link to the podcast, I'll certainly have a look.
As to the matter at-hand, I remember McCullough telling Joe Rogan about an early trial or the like, which took place in Australia (iirc), and now I'm gonna go back and listen to that conversation again. If memory serves me right, though, he said something like study/trial participants 'tested positiv for HIV/AIDS', but they didn't have it.
That said, it is well-established that the Covid jabs suppress one's immune system for 1-2 weeks, which would allow all kinds of latent viruses and bacteria to run amok, so to say; furthermore, some data appears to indicate that autoimmune issues are a problem, as any quick dive into Vaccine-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (VAIDS) suggests.
More after I listened to this, but I've seen comparable indications in the literature and brought up in conversations such as the one mentioned above.
Covidistan‘s ÖVP really seems to begin with their project to de-install the Grüne. Wind in mass media is changing and furthermore the focus is now on some illegal arrangements between Kurz (ex-ÖVP chancellor) and Kogler (Grüne deputy chancellor) in January 2020. Fun fact: Focus is on the „bad guy“ Grüne - and not on the other, and even worse baaaad guy, ÖVP. As Kurz has left the stage some months ago and Kogler is still in charge. Here is a short (German) article from Swiss media: https://www.srf.ch/news/international/illegale-absprachen-neuer-korruptionsskandal-erschuettert-oesterreich
I am 99.99 % sure that the leaked side-letter was intentionally leaked by ÖVP in order to destroy Grüne totally. As ÖVP has also set up the whole „Ibiza Affäre“ thing in order to get rid of FPÖ. They hoped to get a better coalition partner after FPÖ but well - that did not work obviously 😆. At the moment I really am thankful for this whole Corona chaos as only now we all can see how politics in Austria (and worldwide) works. Even more corrupt and incompetent as in „House of Cards“. I hope that protests will even increase, protests against political corruption should evolve from the Covid protests. That‘s the best chance we will get in a long time, I guess. I am not very optimistic about that, but at least there is some hope that the whole system could crash. Worldwide.
Ah, that's a good point. I do see these trends as well--make sure to check out my most recent instalment.
Also, if you'd like to talk about these matters, drop me a line by email, would you?
Thanks for this update.
I see the intimated bundling of SARS-CoV-2 monitoring into influenza monitoring as kind of ambiguous - it resembles what locales that are declaring the end of the emergency are saying, after all. Obviously Druml is not giving off that same vibe.
Yakari's comment is an encouraging alternate prediction.
Hi Brian,
I agree that it might also be somwhat more innocuous, but I maintain my skepticism about the powers-that-be and their intentions.
Over here in Norway, part of the 'let's treat this as influenza' vibe has been about this, but only in small part. The vast majority of voices so far cried 'wolf' so many times that I find it weird that people would still take the powers-that-be seriously at-all. Still, I hope that my take is wrong, and Yakari's comment is encouraging to some degrees (see my longer reply above).
The problem is this, though: even if the government (or on of the two parties currently in power) changes course, as long as advisors like Druml and laws like the vaxx mandate remain in their positions, a relapse is also possible, in fact, I'd argue very likely at the earliest possibility.
It sounds like both Austria and Germany (well, the officials at least) are going to have to ram their heads into the wall until they pass out before they change.
Do you see any politically viable "off ramps" so to speak from the current situation? (Disregarding if they want this level of control forother reasons or with other excuses.)
In Germany, I see one possibility is to make the Health Minister, head of infectious diseases institute the fall guys and claim Omicron changes the calculus. Clear them out. Claim poor judgement and signal a new direction. Not very likely :(
More likely, increasing Omicon cases in vaccinated and increasing public protests will spell the end for universal vax mandates and the politicans will pivot, attempting a compromise solution with an age-based vax mandate like in Greece, Italy, (abandoned in Czech) claiming it prudent to prepare for future variants/waves/winters :(
The more immediate question is if they will manage to implement the already legislated mandate for healthcare workers. Or will they be forced to retreat as in the UK? I suspect they won't be able to implement it, but they will certainly try!
That is a quite apt description, but--as Witzbold points out--there are differences between both countries.
In Covidistan, the ÖVP doesn't run the Health Ministry, their coalition partner (the Greens) does. Mückstein may be hilariously incompetent, and anti-Green sentiment in the ÖVP is running very high, hence blowing up the government might actually be a good idea from their vantage point, as it clearly has the potential to destroy the Greens.
In Germany, though, it's the SPD's own Health Minister (Lauterbach) that would needs to be fired. And this is a much more problematic proposition. I could see the avenue you alluded to, but how to do? Maybe Lauterbach will publicly cite 'health issues' or the like, but then again, unlike in Austria, the German chancellor has something that's called 'Richtlinienkompetenz' (rough translation: the power to direct cabinet ministers, i.e., the German chancellor is in charge). It just doesn't strike me as very likely that someone like Lauterbach likes to take orders.
Thank you to both of you. I ask for purely selfish reasons: our politicians regularly refers to the EU and to either Germany a/o the US: "if the they do it, it must be good"-attitude sort of.
We have a similar situation re: the Greens and their political influence. Due to sheer lunacy and incompetence they have dropped below the treshold for having seats in the riksdag (4% of the votes). The socialist democrats severed their ties to them in december, and started to blatantly copy propositions and talking points from the Sweden Democrats (think classic pre-globalism socialist democrats).
I hope your electorate come to their sense, even if your politicians don't. Perhaps seeing nations such as Turkey or Albania awarding their citizenry greater freedom will be sobering for the leadership?
Ha, that reference to Turkey and Albania are exquisitely 'ironic' things, which no-one in Austria will ever consider: 'they' are, of course, ‘quasi-Orientals' (I don't think so) to locals, hence whatever 'they' do cannot be 'good' or even apt for the 'superiors'.
Re the political lunacy: the situation is very much comparable to the Austrian-German relationship. Add the NGO-mediated vassal-status with respct to the US, and there you go.
As to the Greens: they've been outside parliament for 2 years in recent memory (2017-19, iirc), and this is very much a possibility, hence their insistence on pushing the much-larger ÖVP around. But this only works, sort of, until it doesn't. If Yakari's information is correct, that breaking point is imminent, and there's a good chance the voters will 'vote the bums out', including--as per my spouse--the opportunity that the Greens will split into a more 'realist' (i.e., power-hungry = sell-out) party that may or may not make the 4% threshold and a 'radical' (i.e., self-styled 'purist') party that is unpalatable to virtually all voters, and it always was that way, but the Greens have been remarkably successful in pretending (lying) to the populace that they are simply a 'greener' mildly pink party.
I suspect the day of reckoning to come before too long.