Dan Andrews, Victoria’s prime minister in Australia, vowed on Sunday to “shut down” unvaccinated people in the healthcare system and the “vaccinated economy”.
What is happening?
Elected officials in Australia, who have begun to give up their questioned and criticized “zero COVID” policies, have been trying all sorts of tricks to get their population vaccinated, including rewarding fully vaccinated subjects with more than an hour outdoor recreation time.
Officials have also resorted to threats, including the arrests of anyone trapped outside for longer than allowed or for breaking the curfew or daring to pass the 5-kilometer virtual belt.
Now the first Andrews is saying aloud what many Western bureaucrats have hinted at for months: anyone who is not vaccinated will not be allowed to be part of the economy or the health care system.
On Sunday, Andrews told the media that Victoria would go on to “protect” the region’s health care system and also create a “vaccinated economy” and that the state would “shut down” anyone who is not vaccinated, ABC reports.
“We will move to a situation where, to protect the health care system, we will lock up people who are not vaccinated and who may be vaccinated,” Andrews said.
“If you decide not to get vaccinated, make the wrong decision,” he continued, adding that “for safety’s sake” during what he said now is a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” as things open up, “It will not be safe for people who are not vaccinated to go around the site spreading the virus.”
And in case anyone in Victoria had any questions, Andrews made it clear that if you don’t get the hit, you won’t be able to get involved in the business.
“There will be a vaccinated economy and you will be able to participate in that if you are vaccinated,” Andrews said.
Noting that this plan cannot be carried out now, as there are many people waiting to be vaccinated, the Prime Minister warned that when everyone who can be vaxxed has had the chance to receive the shot, their state ” there will be no situation … where we block the whole place to protect people who are not protected. “
According to the ABC, the government is working on a pilot program to test “the viability of a vaccine economy, where there are more events, facilities and services open to people who have received two doses of a VOCID- vaccine. 19 “.
“The economy, as best it can, will run as close as possible to people who have had two doses,” Andrews added, the ABC said.
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These newer threats against the unvaccinated were a step beyond Andrews ’threats on Friday, when he stated that unvaccinated people would be left out of places across the state, including pubs and sporting events.