In Germany, we have this 3G and 2G 'gimmick' for Covid. It's a federal mandated program....established by the Bundestag apparatus, and each of the sixteen states can walk in and start 3G....then at some point when Covid gets real bad....you slip into 2G rules.
Difference between 3G and 2G?
3G: You only get interior access into bars, clubs, discos, pubs, theaters, and restaurants if you are vaccinated (with proof), you test (with proof), or you show you had Covid, thus having immunity (with proof). By test? I mean that you do the current free 'quickie-test' (15 minutes, done in your local town/village) for a 24-hour 'pass', or the PCR-test (usually 2 hours) for a 48-hour 'pass'.
2G: You only get this interior access deal....if you show you had Covid in the past (thus having immunity) or if you are vaccinated. Testing? Out.
So, after you really stand there and admire the landscape....what you have is a rigged-up way that the non-vax crowd doesn't get access into any interior (except stores, buses, trains, etc). The idea? Basically, you get mentally pushed to the point where you will get the vaccination....at least that's the logic.
The reality? You could have a pub where typical Saturday evenings....you had around 300 guests, and now with the 2G......you might only have 200 guests.
In simple terms....yeah, it's a shutdown without saying the word 'shutdown'.
The fall/winter effect? At some point, the states that go to 2G....will have various bar/restaurant owners who come up and stage a confrontation over lagging profits. They can't survive in a 2G situation. The government probably will tell them to just shut up and accept reality, and then as weeks pass....places just shutdown (close-shop), and wait out things until 2G/3G go away in the spring.
The question....is this a repeatable event now? Will all of this repeat in September 2022, and these business shutdowns just be regarded as a permanent part of society?
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