All this hype from NW Germany over the Coronavirus has reached a new epic point.
This morning, ARD (public TV, Channel One) said that residents of the districts of Gütersloh and Warendorf are now unwelcome on vacation travel in four German states.
If you had hotel reservations or campground arrangements.....from the two districts....once you arrive, you have to fill out a card and note your address. At that point, they stop you, review the location....and send you home. Reimbursement of your money? By law, yes....they have to pay you that. The 50-Euro of fuel you burned to reach Bavaria? Nothing will be paid on that.
There is a push going on with NRW political officials....to have one national 'rule' on this. So far, the sixteen German states have refused to accept a national rule.
What'll happen now? I would suggest that virtually everyone in Warendorf and Gutersloh will give up on any vacation this year, and a long marginalized summer will exist for them. Frustrations will build and a lot of negativity will exist.
But then you have to wonder....will it just be the two regions? No. At some point in early July....I expect a couple more districts to pop up, and by the end of July....probably twenty Coronavirus regions will be on the 'bad-boy' list.
Here's the thing.....Hotels and campgrounds are desperate for people to arrive and spend money. Bars, restaurants, and cafes are in the same situation. They have to assure customers that it's safe, and so these rules exist.
My humble guess is that some people might sneak around the identification of their residence....arrive by train...and just claim some fake 'home'.
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