{"id":1386748,"date":"2022-03-17T14:46:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T18:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1386748"},"modified":"2022-03-17T16:14:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T20:14:53","slug":"covid-forever-scottish-govt-extends-forced-mask-wearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-forever-scottish-govt-extends-forced-mask-wearing\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Forever! Scottish Govt Extends Forced Mask Wearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcovid-forever-scottish-govt-extends-forced-mask-wearing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1386748&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Scotland\u2019s government has gone back on its word regarding the scrapping of COVID rules, keeping forced mask wearing until at least April.<\/p>\n<p>First Nicola Sturgeon\u2019s europhile, left-separatist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/site-information\/glossary\/devolution\/\">devolved government<\/a> has gone back on its word regarding the scrapping of forced mask-wearing in Scotland.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Scottish authorities had initially slated forced mask-wearing for termination on March 21st, but Sturgeon will now force those within the country to keep wearing them in the legally required areas for some time to come.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-60750364\">report<\/a> by the BBC, the Scottish National Party (SNP) leader argued that it would be \u201cprudent\u201d for the country to keep forced mask-wearing in the hopes of lowering Chinese coronavirus case numbers.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the face coverings will remain mandatory in shops, bars, and places of worship, along with public transport and some workplaces.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGiven current case numbers, and the desirability of getting those back under control quickly, the wearing of face masks will stay in place for at least another two weeks,\u201d Sturgeon is <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/covid-scotland-scraps-plan-to-ditch-laws-requiring-face-masks-on-public-transport-due-to-spike-in-cases-12566850\">reported<\/a> as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know this will be disappointing for businesses and service providers such as day-care services,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-60750364\">continued<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, ensuring continued widespread use of face coverings will provide some additional protection \u2014 particularly for the most vulnerable \u2014 at a time when the risk of infection is very high, and it may help us get over this spike more quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Germany&#8217;s Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, who has openly voiced his support for forced vaccination of all over-18s, denounced the term &#8216;Freedom Day&#8217; for the date restrictions will ease, saying \u201cThere will never be full freedom\u201d for some post-pandemic <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wmSvPHFQRk\">https:\/\/t.co\/wmSvPHFQRk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1494730681292922882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The pro-EU leader was keen to emphasise, however, that rules regarding contact tracing for businesses were being loosened, and that a further easing was still set for April.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In this sense, Scots can count themselves lucky when compared to fellow Europeans in Germany, where the leadership class seem hell-bent on keeping them in lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>While emphasising that there were no plans in place to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/09\/no-plans-to-open-everything-germany-set-to-pass-more-coronavirus-rules-as-europe-moves-on\/\">open everything<\/a>\u201d anytime soon, German federal authorities recently passed more COVID legislation, giving local authorities the power to implement harsh lockdowns when they see fit \u2014 and see fit they have, with a number of authorities\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/bild-plus\/politik\/inland\/politik-inland\/bundeslaender-blasen-freedom-day-ab-freiheit-verschoben-79454148.bild.html\">refusing<\/a> to follow through with a nationwide relaxing of rules on March 20th, and some even tightening measures further.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The regions of Brandenburg,\u00a0Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania,\u00a0Hamburg, the\u00a0Rhineland-Palatinate, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/regional\/dresden\/dresden-aktuell\/corona-bis-2-april-keine-lockerungen-an-sachsens-schulen-79460752.bild.html\">Saxony<\/a> have all expressed their desire to extend the current COVID rules past the March 20th expiration date, with some wanting to maintain the nation\u2019s vaccination pass regime.<\/p>\n<p>Under the rules, unjabbed individuals who cannot prove that they had COVID recently are barred from a wide variety of public amenities, including bars and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the country\u2019s federal health minister, Karl Lauterbach, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/bild-plus\/politik\/inland\/politik-inland\/brisanter-lauterbach-brief-oeffentlich-corona-alarm-aber-intern-entwarnung-79422006.bild.html\">accused<\/a> of fear-mongering to the public by German publication\u00a0<em>Bild<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The SPD politician has expressed serious concern publicly as to the current state of the COVID pandemic in Germany, but is now reported to secretly harbour far more moderate views in private.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/bild-plus\/politik\/inland\/politik-inland\/brisanter-lauterbach-brief-oeffentlich-corona-alarm-aber-intern-entwarnung-79422006.bild.html\">According<\/a> to the publication, Lauterbach wrote in a private letter to a colleague that he no longer suspects that the German health system could be overwhelmed by the virus, noting the \u201cstable situation in the intensive care units\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe seasonal effects, which will probably have a favourable effect on new infections, must also be taken into account,\u201d he is believed to have said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, it has been shown that the omicron variant causes significantly milder courses.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Held Hostage by These People\u2019 \u2013 German Health Minister Denounces Unjabbed, Demands Vax Mandate<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gQlSEmEa5S\">https:\/\/t.co\/gQlSEmEa5S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1504527738329198593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland\u2019s government has gone back on its word regarding the scrapping of COVID rules, keeping forced mask wearing until at least April. 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