Of course, this has not been heard officially until now because the World Health Organization (WHO) has not yet declared the pandemic over. However, work is already being done on this in everyday practice. The quarantine rules are to be relaxed further. Especially for those infected who do not show any symptoms. Instead of the officially prescribed isolation in your own home for at least five days, everyday life at work could then continue without interruption, but under certain circumstances with the obligation to wear an FFP2 mask. That would help many companies.
Personal responsibility instead of regulations
Of course, this way of dealing with the pandemic disturbs many people, who only feel safe if the state regulates and prescribes everything to the point and comma. Health Minister Johannes Rauch from the Greens, thank God, has a different approach. Instead of regulations, he relies on people’s personal responsibility. After more than two years of experience, they should decide for themselves how to deal with Covid-19. When and where wearing a mask is important to them and when/where not. Whether they throw themselves into mass events with a high risk of infection, such as the Vienna Danube Island Festival, or not.
It goes without saying that this freedom cannot apply to facilities such as hospitals or nursing homes. Likewise, the burden on the healthcare system is the indicator of whether and when action needs to be taken. But – in view of the milder corona variant Omicron – no longer the number of daily infections.
“We have to get into a mode of living with the virus.” This is how Health Minister Rauch recently described the new “normal” way of dealing with Corona. How this mode should look like, he still owes us this answer. Just as he has so far only given a precise explanation for the vulnerable and older groups on how to deal with the fourth vaccination. Clear guidelines are finally needed, because the federal government is now taking this step with the end of compulsory vaccination
transferred to people’s personal responsibility.
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