{"id":839,"date":"2021-11-20T01:39:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T00:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/11\/20\/the-brief-powered-by-facebook-one-continent-two-pandemics-euractiv\/"},"modified":"2021-11-20T01:39:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T00:39:31","slug":"the-brief-powered-by-facebook-one-continent-two-pandemics-euractiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/11\/20\/the-brief-powered-by-facebook-one-continent-two-pandemics-euractiv\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brief, powered by Facebook \u2014 One continent, two pandemics &#8211; EURACTIV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfbc967f0983488262956e73eca9483a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3859091246952232\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- blok -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3859091246952232\" data-ad-slot=\"1334354390\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/sections\/agriculture-food\/\">Agrifood<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/sections\/digital\/\">Digital&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Media<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/sections\/economy-jobs\/\">Economy&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Jobs<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/sections\/energy-environment\/\">Energy&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Environment<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/sections\/global-europe\/\">Global&nbsp;Europe<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/sections\/health-consumers\/\">Health<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/sections\/politics\/\">Politics<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/sections\/transport\/\">Transport<\/a><br \/><b>DISCLAIMER:<\/b> All opinions in this column reflect the views of the author(s), not of EURACTIV Media network.<br \/>By  <a href='https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/authors\/benjamin-fox\/'>Benjamin Fox<\/a>  |  <a href='https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/content_providers\/euractiv-com\/'>EURACTIV.com<\/a> <br \/><span class=\"ea-dateformat\" data-timestamp=\"1637336615\">             <i class=\"fa fa-calendar\"><\/i> 19-11-2021         <\/span><br \/>The Brief is EURACTIV&rsquo;s evening newsletter. 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After a few months of relative normality, trips to the cinema, beers with friends and eating out, we are back to restrictions. In Austria\u2019s case, a full lockdown.<br \/>The next couple of months seem likely to see a return to home working in order to allow desperate governments across Europe to avoid full lockdowns and save the Christmas festivities.<br \/>There was a grim sense of inevitability to the announcements by a handful of European governments that new COVID restrictions would be introduced as we head into the winter season.<br \/>However, it appears as though the continent is experiencing two very different pandemics. Countries with vaccination rates of around 70% and over are, in general, seeing higher infection rates but less acute hospitalisation rates and, in turn, less acute pressure on their health services.<br \/>In eastern Europe, meanwhile, Romania and Bulgaria have reported record numbers of daily coronavirus infections in recent weeks. Those two countries are the outliers in having fewer than one in three people vaccinated, but the seven EU countries that have vaccinated rates of 53% or lower are also seeing sharp spikes in hospitalisation rates.<br \/>By the time this round of restrictions is over, we will have endured two full years of pandemic.<br \/>But for countries with low vaccination rates, it is hard to imagine that there will not be more restrictions or lockdowns to prevent hospitals and health care systems from being overwhelmed unless or until vaccination rates improve. That will mean a major drag on their economies that will probably last well into 2022.<br \/>What is not clear is whether people will respect or accept a new wave of restrictions and whether they are legally sound, particularly if they predominantly affect those who have not received a COVID vaccine.<br \/>There is a clear medical logic to these selective lockdowns for the unvaccinated.<br \/>Those being hospitalised with COVID are overwhelmingly the unjabbed. The vaccinations are effective and people should be taking them. Anti\u2013vaxxer myths and conspiracy theories are dangerous, and it is not unreasonable that those who refuse the jab should accept the consequences.<br \/>That said, there is something vaguely uncomfortable about governments requiring, as Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg has done, that all citizens must be vaccinated, by February in Austria\u2019s case.<br \/>There is a strong argument to be made that getting vaccinated is a civic responsibility since by protecting yourself you are also protecting others. But to be a democracy is to have the right to choose. And therein is the devil: How far should you go in preserving the right to choose, if your choice may kill your neighbour?<br \/>As leaders have found during this pandemic, it has been easier to take people\u2019s freedoms away than to give them back. Compulsory vaccination may be medically sound but it is morally dubious.<br \/><strong><em>A message from Facebook:\u00a0Building community in Europe is happening on Facebook.<\/em><\/strong><br \/><em>Across Europe more than 200 million people are members of active Facebook Groups. One of those is Te Lo Regalo Milano in Italy. Around 120,000 Group members find new homes for unwanted household items, raise funds and build community spirit.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/about.facebook.com\/actions\/europe\/belgium\">Find Out More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/em><br \/><strong>The Roundup<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/defence-and-security\/news\/greece-fumes-over-new-spain-turkey-armament-deal\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Greek government reacted strongly after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez agreed<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan to enhance their countries\u2019 collaboration in the defence industry.<\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/energy\/news\/german-coalition-talks-stumble-over-role-of-gas-in-eu-taxonomy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The scramble over the role of gas and nuclear in the EU\u2019s sustainable finance rules has become a source of tension<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the German government talks as the country\u2019s first ever three-party coalition is being negotiated in Berlin.<\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/elections\/news\/business-as-usual-for-next-franco-german-couple-despite-sticking-points\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While some argue that the next Franco-German power couple could be business as usual<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, there are some potential sticking points ahead.<\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/economy-jobs\/news\/danish-and-swedish-socialists-fight-against-minimum-wage-directive\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The minimum wage directive is a key policy goal for European Social Democrats<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but leftist parties and trade unions in Denmark and Sweden see it as a danger for their labour market model. They have collected enough signatures to force a vote in November\u2019s European Parliament plenary, potentially delaying the directive for months.<\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/digital\/news\/eu-report-on-data-retention-increases-pressure-on-germanys-spd\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The EU Advocate General\u2019s rejection of groundless data retention increases pressure on Germany\u2019s Social Democrats <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(SPD), who are currently navigating the issue as a part of ongoing coalition negotiations. The new ruling could lead them to relent on their stance. EURACTIV Germany <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.de\/section\/innovation\/news\/eu-gutachten-zu-vorratsdatenspeicherung-erhoeht-druck-auf-spd\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/economy-jobs\/news\/between-flexibility-and-precariousness-all-eyes-are-on-brussels-move-on-platform-workers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The European Commission, which is due to present its proposal on platform workers on 8 December<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, faces a tricky balancing act: ensuring decent working conditions while maintaining the flexibility of a booming sector.<\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/agriculture-food\/news\/eu-agency-positively-assesses-methane-busting-feed-additive-for-dairy-cows\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new feed additive intended to reduce methane emissions from enteric fermentation of dairy cows <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has been considered efficacious by the EU\u2019s food safety agency (EFSA).<\/span><br \/>The question of how COVID vaccines donated by wealthy countries are classified and priced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/coronavirus\/news\/plan-by-wealthy-nations-to-treat-covid-vaccines-as-aid-prompts-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">could artificially raise the European Union\u2019s development aid figures by billions<\/a> of euros, EURACTIV understands.<br \/>As the heads of Gaia-X, a much-publicised European tech project, praised progress in developing a federated cloud and data ecosystem at a summit concluded on Friday, one of Europe\u2019s biggest cloud providers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/all\/news\/cracks-appear-as-gaia-x-celebrates-its-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has already jumped ship<\/a>.<br \/>For the latest weekly update on digital affairs, don&#8217;t 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