Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Covid-19 Chatter

Over the past week or two, I've essayed a bit over Corona in Germany and the suggestion that more ban rules will start to be discussed.  Well, N-TV brought out this topic here in the AM today, and this is the short blunt situation brewing. 

The German federal government is discussing with state governments....the idea of a travel ban in districts.  If the numbers went up in your city or 'county'....then a ban would go into play and keep you from exiting the region.  The federal leadership wants a national game-plan (standard).

How this would work if your job was in another city, or you were a university kid but from another state?  Unknown.

The curious side of this discussion is that this travel ban could occur in a very short period of time....where you reach the serious stage on a Saturday, the ban is announced on Sunday, and in effect on Monday morning.  So a plan 'B' situation would be difficult to imagine. 

People cooperating with this idea?  Maybe in April, you could have gotten the bulk of Germans to agree to this idea.  Today?  I might suggest only two-thirds of German society being agreeable to something like this....for a two-week period.

All of this maneuvering toward a second-wave situation?  More or less.


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