1. From last night, it appears that the Chancellor's office is saying now that the mini-shutdown (having started on 2 November), will run to 10 January. To be honest, no one is really believing that the mini-shutdown ends in January....it's just a date written down on the wall.
2. 512 deaths were reported Wednesday evening for the 24-hour period....highest count for the nation, since day one.
3. On the idea of hotels briefly opening for the holiday period, for some 'rush' of people trying to visit relatives? Various hotels are saying 'no'....they won't open in this circumstance because of the cost factor, and likely low use of their hotel.
4. Why the UK has approved the vaccine and Germany not? The UK simply looked at initial paperwork and waivered the rest of the process. The word 'thoroughness' would be appropriate to describe the German intent.
5. Current projection of vaccine delivery in the first quarter of 2021? Seven million doses....that's it. If you go and figure the two-dose requirement, that means 3.5-million folks will get this vaccine over the next 90 days....out of 83-million in population. It would appear that caution is being uttered now on expectations from this start-up of the vaccinations.
The flip side of this? A fair number of Germans are grasping that the second and third commercial versions of the vaccine (likely coming in February) will be the type without the massive refrigeration deal, and capable of being given by private clinics and your regular doctor. I might go and suggest that between Feb and May.....this will be the primary way that most all Germans get vaccinated.
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