Friday, January 14, 2022

Covid Chatter

 For weeks, I've been observing the phenomime here in Germany with the Covid ban rule 2G-plus.....meaning you are vaxed-up or recovered, plus tested.  Non-vax'ed people have no option in using a restaurant/bar/pub in this scenario.  Business?  There's little doubt that the 'evil-capitalists' who run the bar and restaurant business are suffering.  I'd be guessing at least 20-percent (minimum).

So N-TV (commercial German news).....picked up the situation and did an update for this AM.  

In Hamburg for example....some places have simply given up and shut down because they can't turn a profit in this 2G world.  In their case, they only went to 2G-plus on Monday, and already seeing serious negative issues.

Hotels under the same umbrella?  Yes.  And they are also fairly negative.

A nationwide trend?  Well....no.  All this emphasis to go national failed because both Bavaria and Saxony-Anhalt said no.  So the push on this ban-rule is across 14 states....not all of Germany.

Pressure now on the government to cover losses?  That's the current view.  Billions more for this period....out of the government.  

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