{"id":61831,"date":"2022-02-09T08:34:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T13:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61831"},"modified":"2022-02-09T08:34:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T13:34:42","slug":"austrians-being-stopped-randomly-by-authorities-and-forced-to-prove-they-are-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61831","title":{"rendered":"Austrians Being Stopped Randomly By Authorities And Forced To Prove They Are Vaccinated"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"mvp-post-head\" class=\"left relative\">\n<h3 class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2022\/02\/08\/austrians-being-stopped-randomly-by-authorities-and-forced-to-prove-they-are-vaccinated\/\">Austrians Being Stopped Randomly By Authorities And Forced To Prove They Are Vaccinated<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>It is now ILLEGAL in the country to be unvaccinated<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"mvp-post-feat-img\" class=\"left relative mvp-post-feat-img-wide2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summit.news\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-08-at-13.17.04.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summit.news\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-08-at-13.17.04.png 800w, https:\/\/cdn.summit.news\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-08-at-13.17.04-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summit.news\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-08-at-13.17.04-768x432.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-out right relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-wrap left relative\"><strong>After Austria became the first European country to <a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/11\/19\/austria-makes-vaccines-mandatory-vows-penalties-for-those-who-resist\/\">mandate COVID vaccines<\/a>\u00a0for the ENTIRETY of its population, details have emerged on how the government plans to enforce the measure.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-in\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"tps_slideContainer_19431\" class=\"theiaPostSlider_slides\">\n<div class=\"theiaPostSlider_preloadedSlide\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schengenvisainfo.com\/news\/non-vaccinated-austrians-to-be-fined-starting-from-march-15\/\">Reports note\u00a0<\/a>that citizens will be stopped randomly in the street and pulled over in their vehicles and forced to comply with vaccine status checks by the \u2018authorities.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>If, heaven forbid, a person is found to be unvaccinated they will be fined on the spot, with the penalty increasing for each violation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19za2VsZXRvbl9sb2FkaW5nXzEzMzk4Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6ImNvbnRyb2wiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjoyfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1489997206761345028&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2022%2F02%2F08%2Faustrians-being-stopped-randomly-by-authorities-and-forced-to-prove-they-are-vaccinated%2F&amp;sessionId=9a6227d916c212c44c92fd00f10e8a2da2c900d7&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=0a8eea3%3A1643743420422&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1489997206761345028\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1644413588905242326=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;government plans to send a letter to all Austrians [] giving them a month to comply [] That changes in mid-March, when the police are to start conducting random checks of vaccination status \u2014 including during traffic stops.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0MCN0LqAdR\">https:\/\/t.co\/0MCN0LqAdR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tomitka crow (@tomitkacrow)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomitkacrow\/status\/1489997206761345028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A first \u2018offense\u2019 will mean a \u20ac600 ($687) fine, with subsequent violations reaching up to \u20ac3,400 ($3,890).<\/p>\n<p>The Austrian government will check citizens\u2019 vaccination status against their vaccine registry. Anyone found to not have two vaccines plus a booster will be punished accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>The development confirms previous reports that the Austrian government will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/12\/21\/austria-hiring-people-to-hunt-down-vaccine-refusers\/\">hire people to \u201chunt down vaccine refusers.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, this is merely an official confirmation of what has already been happening in the country. After the government placed the unvaccinated under an unprecedented lockdown,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/11\/16\/austrian-police-patrol-shops-highways-hunting-for-the-unvaccinated\/\">footage emerged showing police patrolling shops and highways<\/a>\u00a0checking people\u2019s vaccination status.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19za2VsZXRvbl9sb2FkaW5nXzEzMzk4Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6ImNvbnRyb2wiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjoyfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1460641335589941259&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2022%2F02%2F08%2Faustrians-being-stopped-randomly-by-authorities-and-forced-to-prove-they-are-vaccinated%2F&amp;sessionId=9a6227d916c212c44c92fd00f10e8a2da2c900d7&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=0a8eea3%3A1643743420422&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1460641335589941259\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1644413588905242326=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Austria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Austria<\/a>&#8216;s police and military have began manhunts for unvaccinated people.<\/p>\n<p>They patrolling the streets, public spaces and shopping areas and asking for vaccine passports.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vUC87oGHW5\">pic.twitter.com\/vUC87oGHW5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Terror Alarm (@terror_alarm)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/terror_alarm\/status\/1460641335589941259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19za2VsZXRvbl9sb2FkaW5nXzEzMzk4Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6ImNvbnRyb2wiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjoyfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1460724538480775169&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2022%2F02%2F08%2Faustrians-being-stopped-randomly-by-authorities-and-forced-to-prove-they-are-vaccinated%2F&amp;sessionId=9a6227d916c212c44c92fd00f10e8a2da2c900d7&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=0a8eea3%3A1643743420422&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1460724538480775169\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1644413588905242326=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Austrian police demand people show proof of vaccination as they shop in one of Vienna\u2019s busiest shopping streets Mariahilferstra\u00dfe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rs6Fu4gX6S\">pic.twitter.com\/Rs6Fu4gX6S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Medhurst (@richimedhurst)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/richimedhurst\/status\/1460724538480775169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austrians Being Stopped Randomly By Authorities And Forced To Prove They Are Vaccinated It is now ILLEGAL in the country to be unvaccinated After Austria became the first European country to mandate COVID vaccines\u00a0for the ENTIRETY of its population, details have emerged on how the government plans to enforce the measure. Reports note\u00a0that citizens will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[42,23041,26537,32631],"class_list":["post-61831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-austria","tag-steve-watson","tag-summit-news","tag-vaccine-mandate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61832,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61831\/revisions\/61832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}