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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by shoto_io on Thursday December 02, 2021 @12:08PM (#29418960)
Probably not much. All KPIs are heading down now anyways, just look into the RKI dashboard [1]. Doing a quick math exercise underscores this: 70% are vaccinated, 6 million had it (at least, the number is probably higher), so in total 80-85% of the population already had it or is vaccinated by now. Numbers should go down now from now, which they actually start to do, if you look in the dashboard.

[1] https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus...

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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by yladiz on Thursday December 02, 2021 @12:21PM (#29419187)
It's not great, and I do wish that the current coalition had prepared a bit more for this winter, rather than assuming 1. enough people would get vaccinated, and 2. that it wouldn't come back seasonally like last year. They really should have prepared months ago.

I can't think of a better alternative given the current situation if the end goal is to get people to reduce contact and get vaccinated, short of a full lockdown for everyone (which I think is a lot less preferable). Whether this form of lockdown will have any effect remains to be seen.

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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by shoto_io on Thursday December 02, 2021 @12:34PM (#29419396)
It’s absurd to believe that this will actually do anything additional to reduce infections on the short term. People don’t get infected while shopping. This is just meant to pressure the unvaccinated to get vaccinated which might help next year.

Unvaccinated people will just meet privately at home and get infected. It’s just the wrong move at the worst possible time.

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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by kitkat_new on Thursday December 02, 2021 @02:25PM (#29421159)
> Unvaccinated people will just meet privately at home and get infected.

they are anyways

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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by InvertedRhodium on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:11PM (#29421794)
> People don’t get infected while shopping.

What's so special about shopping that it prevents transmission of a relatively communicable disease?

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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by yosito on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:50PM (#29422339)
While shopping, people wear masks, talk (and breathe and cough) less, and are generally not packed into small spaces breathing a lot of the same air, so the risk is lower than at a house party or bar or dance club.
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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by frockington1 on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:41PM (#29422217)
The same force that prevents covid from spreading while you are sitting down at a restaurant but can get you as you walk in and when you use the restroom
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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by rocketbop on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:50PM (#29422338)
Mask wearing is well adhered too, and shop visitors stay only a short time, leaving less droplets in the air than maskless visitors to, say, a restaurant or bar.
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