1. Dead: 207 (Focus numbers). Infected: 37,179 (Focus numbers). The state of Mecklenburg is at the bottom of the list with only 245 infected and no deaths. Why their low numbers? Some suggest that this region (far northeast coastal region) has a fair number of folks infected, who haven't gone to a doctor or been tested. But added to the odd list of things.....this is a former state of old DDR, which mandated the TB vaccinations for a period up to the late 1970s. More research into this TB vaccination idea needs to be done, but it'd be at least a year or two before anyone might show concrete evidence (one way or another).
2. NRW announced (via Focus article)....that 1,000 jail folks will be released shortly (ahead of schedule). This is to help eliminate potential problems.
3. Did Greta Thunberg have the Coronavirus or NOT? Unknown. What she says is that she 'thinks' she had it.....suggesting it was 'extremely likely', but beyond that....no tests. Chance it was just plain regular flu? Probably 50-percent. But you really don't know until you take the test and it says 'positive'.
Maybe it's just me, but it's curious for the past twelve weeks....the Fridays for the Future crowd haven't really been heard or seen. Without school going on and the demonstrations on Friday, the whole effort has gone to zero. Chances of school going back into return before August? It gets to a doubtful point.
4. What is the Hantavirus? Well, you might want to freshen up on the topic. It's newest virus noted in China. Death rate? It's presently in the 30-percent of infected rate. Where and how? Well, it comes from rats, and if you have a fairly marginal sanitation situation or bad hygiene.....it's a possibility you could get it. Odds of getting from China to Europe? Near the zero point (hygiene standards are awful high in most European countries). What's pointed out is that around 1,200 cases were reported in China from 2015 to 2019.
5. Second test on Chancellor Merkel? Negative.
6. There are two doctors in Germany (via a Focus report) who are asking for 'cured' Coronavirus folks to come and donate blood.....which will be used in some way for extremely ill patients. The term 'killer-cells' is used.....hard to say if this will be successful or not.
7. Piece on ARD (public TV) this morning involving medium-sized businesses in Germany. The President of the Mittelstandsverbund (business association) Eckhard Schwarzer, says that folks running the garden centers, fashion stores, shoe stores.....are in fear of their future. In simple terms, he's suggesting that it's days left before they fall.....not weeks. If you were looking for a massive negative ripple effect, this might be one.
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In fairness to the fff crowd, it's hard to strike and protest when you're not allowed to gather in groups of more than 2 people.
Yep, and that 'rule' probably won't subside for the next 90 days. Add onto it....most kids are under 'house-arrest' and not in school, and there is a suggestion that real school might not convene before summer vacation. So the FFF folks are peaking off on enthusiasm. I don't see them recovering in 2020.
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