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on closing schools

Hold on Sweden, the World's Eyes are on You I am a very critical person. I try to fact check whatever I hear or read. And to understand the motivation underlying the statements as well as what they intend to achieve. I am from Austria and am currently living in Austria. I love this country and have moved back here three times after having lived in three other great countries. Nevertheless, I surely am amongst the most critical people when it comes to Austria's response to SARS-CoV2. Why exactly am I so alarmed, you will ask. There are so many reasons, but I'll pick two. First, like so many other countries, the Austrian government waited with strict counter measures until the spread of the disease was unstoppable in Austria. Second - and that is the much more important reason now - Austria flipped to an authoritarian lock-down that is presented - day in and day out - as the sole inevitable option. The latter must trigger a creative person's critical