There's hype this afternoon....a draft document is moving around Berlin which indicates virtually all rules will end on the 20th of March.
4 March is suggested as the first big moment.....clubs, pubs, bars, dance halls and restaurants would be on full relaxed status.
100-percent done? Well...no one is saying that.
If you measure public feelings....economically and general attitude is pretty stagnant at this point. Social lives have been put on hold, and a lot of business owners have suffered.
Masks likely to stay around? No one talks about that ending. I would imagine via trains, buses, and airline travel....that might still continue.
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Which means the ban rules were less about science to begin with and more about political whims.
I'd say three things were falling into place by the end of 2021. First, Omicron came on like an advertised 'King Kong Bundy' and was really a 100-pound weakling in the end. Second, the educational sector has admitted from summer 2020...the shutdowns really failed the kids/teacher/goals. Finally, when you have complete strangers gather and idle chatter starts up among Germans...Covid is the topic, and virtually everyone has a dozen questions which can't be answered by the virus experts/politicians. Selling the ban business was like some 300-pound fat lady trying to convince you that muffins weren't fattening.
My son (German in nature) had all the symptoms for Omicron. He asks me for a test kit (we had plenty). Negative is the result. He asks me for a 2nd kit. Negative again. He goes to work, and gets cheapo test there. Negative again. He goes to the German doctor. Because of the new regulation, the PCR tests can't be applied unless you meet a serious health problem. So the doctor finally says....he thinks it's a head cold/Omicron (no proof), and he gives the kid 5 work-days off. I just shake my head....could be thousands in the city with same symptoms and get the same result....no PCR test, so they aren't noted in the daily Covid numbers.
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