Wed Feb 16, 2022 – 2:46 pm ESTWed Feb 16, 2022 – 2:51 pm EST
VIENNA (LifeSiteNews) — The Austrian government wants to vaccinate 90% of the country’s population with a fourth COVID jab this fall.
General Rudolf Striedinger, chief of staff for the Austrian secretary of defense and co-leader of the COVID crisis coordination effort, argued for the necessity of a fourth jab at today’s press conference.
“We know that in order to make it through the next fall and winter without issue, we need to achieve a 90% vaccination rate for the whole population,” Striedinger stated.
The general added that thinking of ways “to motivate” the Austrian people to achieve immunization of 90% of the population by next fall was “a difficult task” and the government will have to consider “various options.”
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One option adopted by the Austrian government to “motivate” the population to get vaccinated against COVID-19 was the imposition of a vaccination mandate with fines as high as 3,600 euros ($4,108) for those who refuse the inoculations.
Speaking first to vaccinated Austrians, Striedinger announced that “all those who are already triple-vaccinated will in all likelihood need a booster shot in September before
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