The Next Super-Duper Ultra Lock-Down Rule?

 There's chatter going on today that I noticed off N-TV.

Berlin federal officials are talking about the idea of a border closure because of increasing Covid-19 fears.  Getting this done?  Well....they admit, they'd have to talk the sixteen German states into agreeing to this, and it's a bit confrontational.  Neighboring countries would have to go along with this...in some type of EU understanding.

What they are hinting at....various neighbors are conducting acceptable ban rules (naming France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium).  Switzerland?  They've yet to have a head-to-head talk about comparable ban rules.  Czech?  Engaged in the talks.  Who's left?  Poland, Austria and Denmark.  

Issues?  No one is really saying much.

What they don't want to create is massive truck-jams at the borders, and total chaos erupting.

What the Health Minister is suggesting?  Covid-testing at the border, but he doesn't want this to be a test on one-side, leading to a second test on the other side.  He's also not saying a 100-percent test situation....but merely putting the idea out there that on certain days of the week.....tests will occur (yeah, the hit-and-miss concept).

Where does this go? 

First, the politicians are at their wit's end.....they'd created every possible 'dog-and-pony' show possible, and even crafted this crazy 15-km limit rule.

Second, no one can present any evidence that the truckers are bringing the virus to anyone.

Third, tourism at this point is crapped-out and completely dead.  So there's no tour buses in the mix.

Fourth, at 90-percent of the crossings....it's not an autobahn situation and a giant circus-field.  It's just a two-lane road and maybe a car-park on one side of the border.

Fifth, this whole discussion is mostly about truckers....which keep the country supplied. 

If they screw with the system enough and pile up 1,500 trucks trying to enter the country each day.....adding eight hours onto a normal delivery?   It wouldn't take more than seven days to send a shock wave to grocery stores about problems.  You can imagine some Italian guy....getting to the Austrian border and wasting six hours on some test experience....with the load actually destined for Sweden.  So the guy would arrive at the German border....waste another six to eight hours.  Then he'd arrive at the Danish border.....to be tested a 3rd time and waste at least three hours.  Then he'd finally get to the Swedish border, where he'd be tested a 4th time, and waste three to four hours there.

Yes, an entire day added to some Italian trucker's routine.....just on test-and-wait lines. But hey, this is the whole capitalist system at work, and none of these folks grasp the processes or procedures on how some lousy Italian fruit gets from south Italy to Sweden.