The situation in the morning

Today it is about the agreement between the future traffic light coalition and the Union on new corona measures, the failure of politics in Austria - and the mysterious disappearance of tennis player Peng Shuai in China.

German consensus culture still works

Fortunately, unlike in the USA, most politicians in Germany do not treat each other like mortal enemies, but are still able to make

for the whole country at

crucial moments

.

In the

, the

important measures to

at the Prime Minister's

after a long bickering

.

Finally.

Now the federal government wants to initiate the long overdue vaccination requirement for nursing professions.

Above certain limit values, 2G or even 2G plus will apply across the board in the federal states.

The 3G rule is to be introduced in local public transport and at work.

As things stand, the Union countries are foregoing the blockade of the new

the future traffic light coalition. The vote in the Federal Council should therefore go smoothly today. In order to get the approval of most of the Union countries, the future federal government has promised that it will evaluate the new law by mid-December.

It is also promised that the

will be massively expanded in the coming weeks.

Here, however, there is the biggest question mark.

How exactly this is supposed to work is still very unclear.

The federal and state governments want to include mobile vaccination teams,

, hospitals, medical practices, company doctors and doctors from the health authorities in the

.

Vaccinations by other professional groups - this probably also means

- should be checked.

That doesn't sound like a quick fix.

• Dispute over corona measures: Merkel's last stand

Austria's politician failure

One of the interesting observations of this corona crisis is that it has produced a new type of person, one could

call

him

. These are people who feel immune to the virus, who make fun of the call for tough measures - or dismiss them as a deprivation of liberty. We already know: In the end, these people usually get the receipt for their wrongdoing, the virus is merciless.

In

, there are some corona limber. Among them are completely overwhelmed politicians like the

from the conservative ÖVP. Although his state has one of

and

, it has long dismissed experts' calls for a lockdown. Virologists would "prefer to lock everyone up in the room," where they then "die of depression and starve," joked Haslauer last week. When he was criticized for this, he complained that there was a

in Austria

.

Well then: The incidence per 100,000 inhabitants among the entire Salzburg population climbed to over 1700 at last.

put together

in the clinics

.

It is a disaster, and Corona-Protz Haslauer is now forced to order a

- for everyone.

Only

remain open.

The rest of the trade and gastronomy have to close.

The schools are also closed.

Welcome to reality.

• Late lockdowns in Austria: cancellation wave instead of ski season

USA - the calm before the next Covid storm?

Another finding of the

is that the situation is not always the same everywhere. While the situation in Germany is worsening, it is relatively relaxed in parts of the USA. In the capital Washington DC which is

. The

is largely abolished. There are plenty of free dates for booster vaccinations, for example in the large

.

The question now is whether it will stay that way for a long time. The festival season is about to begin, and many people will meet up

with friends and family

on

and may infect one another. The incidences are already increasing in the northern, colder states, for example in Michigan. It is true that 80 percent of all Americans over 18 have now received at least one vaccination. But there are still many parts of the country where those who refuse to be vaccinated adamantly persevere.

In addition, the effect of the vaccination should soon wear off for many US citizens, so it should actually be boosted a lot more.

Some states, such as

have therefore already started offering boosters for all citizens.

This is contrary to the stipulation of the disease protection authority CDC, which stipulates that currently only elderly people or people with previous illnesses should receive the booster.

• Boosters for everyone over 18: What you need to know about third-party vaccinations

Loser of the day ...

... is

.

At the upcoming Winter Olympics in February of next year, he wants to present his country as a

.

But numerous human rights violations, such as the case of the missing Chinese tennis player

cast dark shadows on the propaganda show.

Shuai has been missing since she dared to publicize sexual abuse by a former sports official on social media.

The international

has asked Beijing to provide information about Shuai's whereabouts, but has not received any information other than a dubious email.

The Republicans in Washington are calling on

that the US should

boycott

the

because of such human rights violations.

Biden now stated that his government was considering a

."

That means Washington would not send government officials, but US athletes would be allowed to participate.

• For human rights abuses: US considering boycott of Winter Olympics

The latest news from the night

• Migrants are evacuating camps on the Belarusian border - allegedly "voluntarily":

  For weeks hundreds of people have camped on the border with Poland in bad weather - to get to the EU.

  Now they have been housed in a warehouse by Belarusian security forces

• Two convictions for the murder of Malcolm X overturned:

  The civil rights activist was shot 56 years ago.

  Two men convicted at the time have now been rehabilitated.

  One is already dead - the other expressed himself in clear terms

• Head of Communications at Kamala Harris resigns:

  Rumors about the allegedly bad mood in the US Vice President's team have been around for a long time.

  Now the democrat is losing an important strategist

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I wish you a good start to the day.

Your Roland Nelles