Frederic Schwilden wrote a commentary piece for N-24/WELT today and it's an interesting short discussion....based on the German federal Minister of Health's current position/argument, then lockdown could actually go on FOREVER (yeah, that eternality idea).
Schwilden points out one issue here....almost the entire FDP Party (a partner in this coalition government)....has zero agreement with Lauterbach (the Minister of Health).
The Infection Protection Act? Officially, it continues until 19 March 2022. It would have to be renewed for the federal government to still have the power that they have today. Odds of this? Presently, I'd give it only a 50-50 chance.
I would agree to some degree....lockdown and ban-rules had a time and place. But there's simply not a lot of patience left in people.
I looked up my local statistical number (Wiesbaden and the state of Hessen), for yesterday. From the ICU bed crowd for the entire state....there are 233 beds occupied, and from this group....41-percent were fully vaxed-up, with 56-percent non-vaxed.
The one woman reported in the town's death count from yesterday? An elderly gal (87), who'd been vaxed-up and boostered.
New infections in the past seven days in local area (283k)? Well...a hefty number...4,924. But it's mostly all Omicron. Easier to pass around (no one argues about that), but the symptoms often look like a regular head-cold.
What happens after the 19th of March? I suspect 90-percent of the ban-rules end up being dissolved. There might still be masks required in stores, buses, and trains. Beyond that, it's a question-mark.
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