1. One particular state in Austria (Voralberg) announced that the come 1 Feb 2022.....teachers who are not fully vaccinated....are to be terminated. So a second letter came out from the 150 teachers in this situation (non-vax)....say they will be terminated. Putting the state into a difficult position? Maybe for a couple of weeks, they can arrange some alternate teaching situation, but I'd take a guess that for these kids from this state....their school-year is crapped out at that point.
2. Starting Saturday in Hamburg....non-vax people are not to be allowed in retail stores (they aren't talking pharmacy or grocery operations). Affecting local retail? No one says much, but lets be honest here.....if you needed something from a regular retail or electronics shop....you'd order it, and just say 'screw' the local retail stores/shops. Lost revenue? Go figure at least 20-percent, but the on-line sales will soar....cutting out the brick-and-mortar shops. Another part of this story, if you think about it.....you don't have to shop within the city limits of Hamburg....you can always drive 40 km away and find a brick-and-mortar non-Hamburg shop to serve you.
3. Economic stumble? If you follow the Ifo folks (forecasting ups and downs).....they've changed their feeling for the German economy....there was supposed to be a 2.4-percent growth for this year. The Ifo folks have dismissed that prediction. The word stagnant is now used.
4. Saxony (the state) says out of every forty residents presently....one has Covid.
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