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In Austria, the booster was mandatory (otherwise you would not be allowed to participate in any social life) even for young people.

by davnn 4y ago

benibela 4y ago
In Germany, too Vaccinated twice without booster, you are still considered unvaccinated
- sva_ 4y ago
  Two vaccinations + confirmed recovery is enough afaik.
  - garfieldnate 4y ago
    I think quite a few people caught omicron and didn't bother getting it confirmed. You have to go out into a public space, where you're presumably possibly spreading it, and get the more advanced test, even after you've already done the regular Bürgertest. Additionally, during the omicron wave the exemption from restrictions one would get for a confirmed case only lasted for a number of months, making it not worth it for many people. I caught it and then had to get boosted again so I could be with my wife during the birth of our child. The regulations around this are luckily more lax in NRW, and there were (are?) other places in Germany where the father would not be allowed in the delivery room even with an up-to-date booster. Quite awful, in my opinion.
    - ls15 4y ago
      > Additionally, during the omicron wave the exemption from restrictions one would get for a confirmed case only lasted for a number of months, making it not worth it for many people. I was waiting in the cold with covid symptoms for over an hour in the line, just to be told that I was not eligible for the Bürgertest, even though my partner was confirmed PCR-positive, but rapid tests did not detect my and my partner's covid. It was already known at that time that rapid tests had poor detection rates for omicron. I then found a doctor who was willing to do the test, which turned out to be positive. I only went through this instead of just recovering at home, because I really wanted to have the certificate, because I suspected already that it would later serve as certificate for "full immunization", because that's what science already suggested at that point. The STIKO at that time clearly advised against getting booster shots within three months after infection, but without certificates there was no way to prove prior infection and people were cut off from 2G, even though they were technically entitled to the exemptions. The BMG and RKI basically bullied people into taking boosters. Enhanced myocarditis risk was known too already at that point. The BMG and RKI constantly changed the rules in hand-wavy last-minute decisions to make it extra confusing for everyone.

In Austria, the booster was mandatory (otherwise you would not be allowed to participate in any social life) even for young people.

by davnn 4y ago

In Austria, the booster was mandatory (otherwise you would not be allowed to participate in any social life) even for young people.

benibela 4y ago

In Germany, too Vaccinated twice without booster, you are still considered unvaccinated

sva_ 4y ago
Two vaccinations + confirmed recovery is enough afaik.
- garfieldnate 4y ago
  I think quite a few people caught omicron and didn't bother getting it confirmed. You have to go out into a public space, where you're presumably possibly spreading it, and get the more advanced test, even after you've already done the regular Bürgertest. Additionally, during the omicron wave the exemption from restrictions one would get for a confirmed case only lasted for a number of months, making it not worth it for many people. I caught it and then had to get boosted again so I could be with my wife during the birth of our child. The regulations around this are luckily more lax in NRW, and there were (are?) other places in Germany where the father would not be allowed in the delivery room even with an up-to-date booster. Quite awful, in my opinion.
  - ls15 4y ago
    > Additionally, during the omicron wave the exemption from restrictions one would get for a confirmed case only lasted for a number of months, making it not worth it for many people. I was waiting in the cold with covid symptoms for over an hour in the line, just to be told that I was not eligible for the Bürgertest, even though my partner was confirmed PCR-positive, but rapid tests did not detect my and my partner's covid. It was already known at that time that rapid tests had poor detection rates for omicron. I then found a doctor who was willing to do the test, which turned out to be positive. I only went through this instead of just recovering at home, because I really wanted to have the certificate, because I suspected already that it would later serve as certificate for "full immunization", because that's what science already suggested at that point. The STIKO at that time clearly advised against getting booster shots within three months after infection, but without certificates there was no way to prove prior infection and people were cut off from 2G, even though they were technically entitled to the exemptions. The BMG and RKI basically bullied people into taking boosters. Enhanced myocarditis risk was known too already at that point. The BMG and RKI constantly changed the rules in hand-wavy last-minute decisions to make it extra confusing for everyone.