ARD (public TV, Channel One) went and did a survey on Germans and their willing nature to accept masks, and ban rules (social distancing).
So 79-percent said that they've accepted masks and social distancing....meaning that one in five don't readily accept the masks or distancing.
I should add....of the Germans who've accepted this....roughly one in five of that group say that it's a strong hindrance and they aren't that happy about it.
But they went a step further.....asking folks about their political side, and then you found a curious situation.
From the far-right (AfD Party)....43-percent of those folks said they aren't that happy with the masks or social distance rules. Even a third of the FDP Party folks felt that way.
The most happy people with the Corona rules? CDU, SPD, and Greens.
You can ride the German trains and buses....to find that everyone plays by the rules (if you didn't, you'd be fined). Over the past two months, I've only come across one individual in a store without a mask....a handy-man on a lunch break and desiring a sandwich at a bakery.
Could they continue this for a extended period (two years)? Maybe. I've generally told my German wife that 60 minutes in a grocery is my limit, and I will exit at that point....removing the mask and feeling 'relief' in the parking lot. I think a lot of Germans have that type of 'limit'.
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