After three years of being told by politicians to watch out for the coronavirus, the announcement that the quarantine for infected people should now be lifted came as a surprise. You have to assume that our health minister had something in mind. Does that mean that Corona is now over?
The work of the Minister of Health is tough. Rudi Anschober and Wolfgang Mückstein already knew that, and Johannes Rauch will probably realize that too. Because the negative feedback was great after he recently announced that the quarantine obligation for infected people should now be lifted. The message is clear: Corona is like the flu. No more and no less.
The Austrians won’t compete in another Hü-Hott!
That’s a risky gamble amid the continued rise in infections and an even higher number of unreported cases. Is now time to start normal life? We all know that the sensitive phase doesn’t start until the fall! And if he makes another U-turn and needs the quarantine again, then the understanding of the Austrians is completely over. This country has had enough of the Hü-Hott politics!
Working for health – and that of the Minister of Health?
It is an interesting novelty that for a Green Minister of all people, the suffering of entrepreneurs, whose employees are currently en masse in quarantine, is more important than the health of all of us. In the end, didn’t it mean we have to fight the virus once and for all – at all costs? Suddenly that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. The government assumes its own responsibility. Well, if that’s not a risky gamble!
Yes, we need to think about exit scenarios!
Yes, we need to think about exit scenarios from this pandemic. If the current variant only takes a few people to the hospital, now could be the right time – other countries like Spain or Britain have already done it. One thing is clear: we cannot stay in corona shock forever. At some point it has to be over.
The right decision at the wrong time is still wrong
The only question is whether it has to be done now, shortly before autumn. It wouldn’t be the first time the right decision was made at the wrong time. Johannes Rauch should not rush such a sensitive decision. One of his predecessors already knew: “The next few weeks will be decisive”.
Source: Krone
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