A Little Covid-19 Story

 This is a story I saw off SWR (SW German public TV) and I'll tell it the way that I 'saw' the act.

So this 21-year-old German guy had come over to a clinic in Wiesbaden (my local town) and was there for some type of neurosurgery situation (usually involving brain, spinal cord or nervous system work).  He had some odd symptoms, and as part of the check-in....they gave him the Covid-19 test.  Yep, sure enough....he had Covid-19.   We'll give the guy the name of 'Huns'.

'Huns' was kinda told at this point....already there for the neurosurgery event....he'd should go and do a quarantine deal.  No one says if 'Huns' understood that order, and it's suggested that he could have done the quarantine at home. The hospital says they kinda suggested this, and didn't order him.   Maybe it wasn't blunt enough.....maybe he just had some brain issues which damaged the understanding of the quarantine.  

'Huns' in this case....left the clinic.

'Huns' gets on a bus and rides to mid-town Wiesbaden....symptoms and all...mask on.  There, he boards another bus or train, and he ends over to Mainz, roughly five miles away.

The number of folks that he might have dumped Covid-19 over to?  Well....one might imagine a minimum of ten folks.

So 'Huns' gets to the Mainz train-station.  He picks up some food items at the grocery shop at the station.  He is wearing a mask....at least on the positive side, and there is limited contact with people (this is after 9 PM).

With the groceries in hand...he approaches a train station security guy and is asking about where he could get some medical help....because he had Covid-19.  

This probably freaked the guard out a pretty good bit.   He calls the Mainz police, and they rush in with full toxic gear suits on.

A brief gentle interrogation occurs now....'Hans' is explaining his story...his path of travel....the grocery-shop stop, etc.

Naturally, decontaminating has to occur at the grocery shop and folks are a bit freaked out.

'Hans'?  He ends up at the Mainz hospital now....in a controlled quarantine deal.

Charges?  The news folks hint that the police are filing some paperwork, and there's going to be some court-meeting a month or two down the line....for 'Hans' to explain his actions.  

Humble guess?  There's likely to be a thousand Euro-plus fine out of this deal....he actually crossed through both Hessen and Rhineland Pfalz, so both could pass judgement over him.

If I were 'Huns'....I'd suggest I was all doped up and just not in any frame of mind.  Otherwise, this was a pretty stupid random act (with the fine involved).

The moral of this story?  Basically, when the nurse pulls up the Covid test results and says 'positive'....you need to think intently....here I am....what is the most direct path back home, and how will I get there?  The last thing you want to do....is ask the cops about how to resolve your path home.