Over the past couple of weeks, since Omikron 'fear' came out....what you can generally say is that the German authorities (federal and state) are worried that the hospital system over the next two months is going to reach a stage of collapse. News sites and public news kinda hint this.
Is this a legit fear?
Well....you take three thing and merge into a scenario.
1. Most everyone anticipates a 'speed' situation where you wake up in late January and around 20-percent of the public has a bout of Omikron. Call it the wave-after-wave-after-wave script.
2. Most experts do agree.....the effect of Omikron is less than regular Covid or Delta....but you still end up with what is a decent 'blast' of flu to keep you quarantined and forced to stay in your house for two weeks.
3. Then you come to food/service/medical attention and realize that a lot of things just aren't going to work with two months of Omikron 'roaming around Germany. Bus service, trains, ambulances, dental operations, police, fire departments, grocery stores, prisons, water, sewage, garbage-pick-up, etc.
You could be sitting there to watch the evening news and note some totally new gal giving it (never seen before) and she admits that news person #1 through #10 are not available.
You might walk into your local grocery to note of the twenty-odd people who are normally there....there's just two and the shift-boss is some 19-year old migrant guy who marginally speaks German.
You might call your local garage for a urgent repair....to discover the six-man staff is now down to one guy and your repair can't be schedule for at least four weeks.
You might be at the corner grocery and wanting to buy beer.....only to discover that your favorite beer is zeroed out and it might be two weeks before a delivery truck to haul a pallet in.
It's not the serious nature that worries people....it's just the rapid spread and two-week recovery process.
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