Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan to make shots compulsory

Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by fsh on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:02PM (#29421684)

This is such a bizarre take. If the ICUs are filling up, the solution should be to prevent people from getting sick, not to make the ICUs bigger. There are undoubtedly many problems in the German healthcare system, but the current surge is clearly due to the very large number of unvaccinated people.

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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by switch007 on Thursday December 02, 2021 @06:13PM (#29424264)

> the solution should be to prevent people from getting sick, not to make the ICUs bigger.

Why not both?

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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by spookthesunset on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:28PM (#29422036)

the two weeks were to build up health care capacity. We erected field hospitals to manage the sick and then closed them because they weren’t being used.

If this truly is an energy and hospitals truly are at risk, find a way to build more capacity even if it is temporary. Blaming the public for the failure to do this is wrong. And if you aren’t building this capacity… maybe this really isn’t an emergency?

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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by Klemotio on Friday December 03, 2021 @03:29AM (#29427866)

You understand what exponential growth is? Yes? No?

You know that is hard to get people? You know how long it takes to teach someone? Especially while a pandemic is ongoing?

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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by rytcio on Thursday December 02, 2021 @04:00PM (#29422484)

But if we do that then the media doesn't have a scare tactic

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