Through deny of a needle: vaccine mandates
Austria is set to enact a bold policy of levying fines on the unvaccinated. We look at what is driving governments to such measures, and whether they will work. Japan’s shift in thinking about its growing elderly population holds lessons for countries ...
January 18, 2022
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<p>Austria is set to enact a <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/austria-and-germany-struggle-to-impose-a-national-vaccine-mandate/21807228?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bold policy</a> of levying fines on the unvaccinated. We look at what is driving governments to such measures, and whether they will work. Japan’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/special-report/2021/12/07/an-ageing-country-shows-others-how-to-manage?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shift in thinking</a> about its growing elderly population holds lessons for countries set for a similar demographic shift. And why the Mormon church is <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/01/08/can-mormonism-thrive-as-a-global-religion?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">struggling</a> to retain its foreign converts.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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