Again, hospitalization rate.
Indicates, that mostly younger people are contracting it right now, which means you have a little more leniency trying to control it. Making it a federal 'decision' (allowing each province to decide on its own), also plays into this narrative. This leads to more effectiveness (provinces know what to do better) 'on the ground', but would be worse, if its indeed an overbearing issue, that needs to be tackled nationally. (Better execution.)
Economic pressures, yes - but also a change in approach that comes from 'learning' on the execution level. Leaving children out of schools f.e. pretty much served little purpose and had a massive impact. Lockdowns should become used more selectively and more as a 'last resort' measure, than as a 'it might fix it' one.
If you have missed it, read this:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...oronavirus-lockdowns-is-taken-out-of-context/
Lockdowns would have worked great, if you administered them early enough, when you have the first outbreak, you cant really gage 'how early' you are in the progression. For austria it seemed pretty darn early, but the countries surrounding austria didnt all manage as well. If you look at 'case infection rate' (how many additional people does one person infect), it still stayed quite low, which indicates, that vectors increased. Not saying this was the fault of neighboring countries - you simply cant tell. (Maybe its a group of people, not caring to follow measures where you didnt catch the common superspreader and that are now disperse within your population..
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Second time around, a strange 'normalcy' kicks in, where decisions are made more pragmatically - and this is what I am basing my guessing game on.
edit: There is also this strange episode:
https://www.derstandard.at/story/20...sage-journalismus-der-seine-folgen-einbezieht
Of a journalist not being able to differenciate between planning and rollout - but hey, maybe he isnt as dumb as he acted by making this public, because he wanted an 'exclusive' and those decisions are made several months before execution.
Thank you for the Links.
Unfortunately,the "Rollercoaster" that one wanted to avoid begins now...
RED Light starts in some Regions in Salzburg
Salzburg tightened CoV measures
In view of the sharp rise in new CoV infections in the state, the State of Salzburg is taking further measures to curb the spread of the virus. In the Hallein district, the Kuchl community is being quarantined, and the ban on private celebrations and gatherings in the district, which only came into force on Tuesday, is being extended to the entire state. The Tennengau is apparently switched to red at the CoV traffic light.
In Tennengau, Flachgau, Pongau and in the city of Salzburg, all pupils from year 9 onwards will be switched to home schooling, and a registration requirement for restaurants will be introduced throughout the state. In addition, there is a ban on events in the whole of Salzburg if there are no assigned seats - whether inside or outside. In addition, the serving of food and drinks is prohibited.
The measures will apply from Saturday until November 1st, midnight.
Governor Wilfried Haslauer (ÖVP)
described the current development in Salzburg as dramatic at the press conference. The new CoV regulation will be published on Friday, come into force on Saturday and initially apply until November 1st.
Tennengau is switched to red
The Tennengau will be switched to red at the coronavirus traffic light, the Pongau and Flachgau will be orange, the state capital and the Lungau will stay yellow, it said. The infection process is currently still inconspicuous in Pinzgau. The main criterion for assessing the current situation is the occupancy rate of the hospitals. “It is foreseeable that in two weeks we will have reached the limit of supply. That is why we have to take measures to avoid a lockdown, ”said Haslauer - more on this in salzburg.ORF.at.
The population should take the situation seriously
In view of the increasing number of infections across Austria, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) asked the federal states in writing to tighten measures on Thursday. In several federal states, the numbers have reached "very worrying levels".
"We are currently seeing a massive spread of the virus in some cities and countries in Europe, which makes it necessary to fight it with very drastic measures," said the Chancellor in the text available to the APA: "It must be clear to everyone in the country: The The situation is serious. ”A new infection rate such as in the neighboring country of the Czech Republic would lead to fatal effects on jobs and companies, bring the health system to the limits of its capacity and in fact cause a second lockdown.
"The point now is for the federal states particularly affected to tighten the regulations in the regions, since after a certain point in time neither rapid tests nor targeted contact tracing will be possible for the authorities in the federal states concerned," said Kurz.
He also turned to the population: "I appeal to all people in the country to take the situation seriously and to support the measures." The coming weeks would decide whether the spread of the virus can be slowed down and contained or whether the pandemic can be much bigger Damage to the health system, jobs and businesses in the country will be caused.
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