There is an interesting Covid-19 story that ARD (German public TV, Channel One) put out last night, and it's worth a moment of discussion.
So over in Wolfsburg, Germany....back around nine months ago...forty-seven Germans died of Covid-19 as residents of a retirement home.
The chief prosecutor of the local area (Braunschweig)....had relatives got angry over the whole affair, and they demanded prosecution.
Well...so, nine months of investigating go on and this past day or two....the prosecutor says 'no, there's no case'.
Criminal misconduct? None.
On official numbers....for a retirement home built for folks with dementia....160 residents and 112 had Covid-19. Roughly just under half (47) died.
Around Germany, there are various frustrations for the retirement home folks....they tend to die more than any other group.
Germans would like to hold someone responsible but there's no real way to reach this level of 'blame'.
The final word? I doubt it....there's probably dozens of investigations to be held like this, and they will all end up the same way.
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