Protesters Throng Vienna to Decry Lockdown, Vaccine Mandate
- European governments focus on unvaccinated to stem pandemic
- Austria looks to turn around a damaging fourth virus wave
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Tens of thousands gathered in Vienna on Saturday to protest the Austrian government’s new vaccine mandate and a national lockdown to contain record coronavirus cases.
The demonstration came as unrest is on the rise in Europe, where governments, desperate to end the pandemic and its damage to their economies and health care systems, are increasingly focusing on the unvaccinated.