1. There's a discussion going on by the government that if you came up 'positive' for Covid-19....instead of the mandated 14-day quarantine situation, you'd do ten days, then take the test again.
Where this is leading? Well....the suggest is that a majority (who knows if they mean 50-percent of 75-percent) of people....have a general 7 to 10 day virus episode. With the negative test at the end of ten days, they'd return to work.
Who pushes this? The RKI folks...who are the final word for science for the German government.
2. A private funeral occurred up in Bremen....with 400 folks showing up. Naturally, it attracted police attention, and violated the ban-rules. Cops had to break up the audience at the funeral.
3. Some reports this morning from the NW state of NRW....indicate that ICU beds in the state are now 'maxed-out'. What they meant by this....their planned usage hit it's peak, but they can route regular use ICU beds over to this newer high number.
4. Newly infected for the past 24 hours (as of last night)? 15,355. Down a bit from last week. Deaths from the previous 24 hour period? 169 (total of 14,258 from day one to yesterday).
5. Within the state of Hessen, there is still continued talks about fireworks for Silvester (New Years Eve). It appears they won't ban the sale of fireworks....meaning you can still buy them. And it appears that private use might still be allowed (around your house or neighborhood).
What is being hinted....in the middle of Metropolitan areas....it might not be allowed.
Messy handling of this discussion? No doubt.
6. HR had an interesting short report on the idea of ventilators in school rooms versus just opening the windows. Some PhD geeks did the testing and came to what you'd be surprised about.....you'd be better off opening the windows for 3 minutes every 30 minutes, than using a ventilator with a filter system.
Note, they added temperature deal as well in this test (7 to 11 C).
So they aren't really giving a thumbs up on ventilators operating in the classrooms.
7. Via social media in Germany....some folks are starting to suggest that it's the roughest period since WW II's end.
It's a debatable thought....but a lot of Germans simply weren't there in 1945/1946 or have a common understanding of just how bad that period was. In terms of the harsh social environment or limits....they might have a point.
Guys who are used to Tuesday night cards at the local bar, or socializing at some pub while watching soccer games....are having a rough time of it. Older Germans who used to stop and gossip at three or four houses per week.....can't do that presently. It is a challenge to survive in this type of limited situation.
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