Not an expert on GDPR but can't imagine privacy strict EU agreeing to this.
US shutting down visa waiver for EU would be dumb as the Consulates are already swamped and absolutely cannot handle that level of B1/B2 visa applications (the wait times are already 1 year+ around the world).
This would hurt US travel and tourism.
Europeans aren't going to riot if they lose visa waiver to US.
So American business suffers, EU looks strong standing up for privacy against the bully, and EU can still offer visa waiver to inbound Americans. Call their bluff.
Or the EU keeps acting as it always does in playing the northern hemisphere's whore. They simply agree in that, fill their own pockets with a share they get from the deal and sell the common people.
Ursula von der Ehrm-Leien always takes care that the most precious people in the EU (herself) are treated well and don't have to fear any political decisions while the common people have to excuse for every minor issue. She, Uschi, is well above the salary level where you don't have to face any consequences and fear law enforcement.
I think that law enforcement is treated as an exception by the GDPR, see the link. I am not sure that a police database would be regulated by the GDPR, by 'virtue' of being related to law enforcement.
Second, I couldn't read a book. I couldn't do anything but sleep (in pain) If you are into being completely knocked out for a week, well ... you'd love this! I have met someone else who got this in their twenties and had to be cared for by their brother for a month!
Third, I'm "close" to being back to normal. It's been four months. That sounds acceptable to you?
Finally, there are other complications. It may have led to an increase in ocular pressure increasing my odds of blindness in one eye. I have a scar from the bumps that formed on my forehead. In some cases it is a lifetime affliction that requires consistent medication with antivirals. In some cases it can cause organ damage.
Yeah, sounds fine to me. Immune system working as intended. I've been bedridden many times in my life, for weeks on occasion, still alive. Never been vaccinated. Every time society goes apeshit over "swine flu" this, "avian flu" that, I get a fever and sweat it out. I expect the pattern to repeat with "bat flu" now.
If organ failure, blindness and not feeling 100% for months is you're thing, have at it.
The problem with "the immune system doing its thing" is that against some pathogens it doesn't do a thing at all.
I don't give a shit if you don't want to get vaccinated but you're obviously trying to downplay my very real, very painful and very avoidable issue to support your stance.
Yeah, sorry, I don't think being ill for a bit warrants such dramatic recount. You are absolutely fine. You suffered very little in the grand scheme of things. Stop ballooning it out of proportion. If this is the worst you'll endure, 90% of humanity would swap places with you in an instant.
Sounds to me they likely don't have children. Even one week at home for my kid is damaging let alone a year. The kids weren't spreading covid to teachers. Teachers could have worn respirators and been fine.
Governments should have kept covid out but harming children in this way to make up for disastrous decisions and behaviours of adults is unacceptable.
You should figure out why your child's household is so toxic. My son spent about 6 months last year at home. Between daily online classes, video calls with friends/cousins and activities at home. He was missing school/outside but I don't see any lasting negative impact of it.
you're an ass. my child is a toddler. they need to be exploring and interacting with other children, in person, playing, learning and receiving stimuli, not locked at home staring at screens.
Kids should have been going outside throughout the pandemic, and seeing the small group that their family had chosen to isolate with.
Of course, most families appear to have chosen to keep their kids inside and not have any isolation partners, which is strange but hardly the fault of the schools.
We check in with a govt app and QR codes in NSW and all of Australia does this and venues confirm before letting you in. It's integrated into the Service NSW app so I don't need a separate one. Same app where my digital drivers licence is. No paper. In fact I don't carry a wallet here anymore because public transport is with NFC - Apple pay.
