What's the New Covid-Curfew Rule Look Like?

 Well....this morning, via N-TV and radio news ....it appears that the new Covid-curfew rule will be a starting time of 10 PM (NOT 9 PM).

Added to the rule deal....you would be allowed to leave for work prior to 5 AM. 

Also, you'd be able to exit the house/apartment prior to 5 AM....to walk your dog. 

Plus, there would be a clause written into the law which says you can go jogging or plain regular walks from 10 PM to Midnight.  

Now, most Americans would ask....do Germans typically go jogging at 10 PM?  Well....no.  I would take a guess out of the city of Wiesbaden (285,000 residents)....there might be 20,000 regular joggers, but the vast number....probably 90-percent...would jog during the daylight hours.  Looking for some local resident who'd jog at 10 PM at night?  It's probably fewer than twenty individuals in that group.

As for people just out for a walk at 10 PM?  You just aren't going to find many people in that category either.  

Now, back when bars and restaurants were open...it was a different story.  You might have found 10,000 local folks easily walking from the bar, club, or restaurant past the 10 PM point....walking back home...just on a regular Tuesday or Thursday evening.

So is this curfew rock-solid?  Well.....it only falls into play if your local town has an incidence rate of Covid....of 100 or more....over three consecutive days.   Once it falls below that rate....you go back to regular 'no-curfew' situations.  

If you don't like the curfew deal?  Well...just start drinking early (like at 5 PM) and get a head-start on boozing-up.  Or wait until 5 AM.....then start boozing up or partying at that timeframe.  Personally, I think 5 AM partying would probably appeal to the under-20 crowd....starting out with pancakes or an omelet....then launching into an appealing Bavarian beer or two (or three).