Public news says that around 8:15 PM tonight, the Chancellor (Merkel) will have live comments and speak for a period of time (no one is saying amount).
Rarity of this? What they say is that she's never given a prime-time live speech during the entire fourteen years. Both Schroeder and Kohl had both given two each during their eras.
What to say? No one is expecting any new significant measures, so this is a pump-the-nation-up type of speech.
If I were to assess public attitude, I'd say that the majority of Germans are a bit frazzled and nervous. Most want a get-well date, which cannot be given. How long will schools and universities be out? No one can make a guess on that.
After 9-1-1, I sat and watched security 'alerts' go to a maximum level, which the American plans people had said over the decades that you could only go at the max level for a period of a month or so....so by the third month of maximum security.....serious problems were developing and most were at the point of suggesting to lessen the security (finally). I think this will become that way in the next six weeks.
I noticed this morning that the A4 entry point into Poland....now had a backed-up truck situation amounting to 60 km (37 miles). Some of those trucks will be in line for at least 24 hours, which puts their delivery at least 24 to 36 hours behind. If all of these nations are doing the same thing, for at least two months, then the food distribution system will crap out eventually.
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