1. Even though the Berlin-City authorities have cancelled the anti-Coronavirus demonstration for Saturday....there's still a lot of chatter going on. Some political folks (national political types) think this is simply opening the door for more frustrations by hindering the demonstration.
The odds that people will still assemble? I'd say more than 10k will gather and still conduct some type of demonstration (maybe without the speeches).
2. There's a medical association here in Germany now calling for a mandate that all teachers to wear masks....while in the classroom.
3. If you go to a restaurant here in Germany...there is a requirement to provide data (name, address, phone, email). Most Germans were thinking that it was data put in some folder and kept there for limited amount of time.
Well....NO. The data is taken daily and recorded into a national database. In recent days, it's been discovered that the data is NOT secure, and could be viewed by outsiders.
Based on ARD reporting, around 4-million entries are possibly open for viewing.
Just another reason not to eat out, during this crisis period.
4. Some federal rule changes came yesterday. One concerns people who go on vacations in hot-zones (as determined by the EU).
In the future, if you are a German, and knowingly go on a trip to a hot-zone (say coast of Croatia), then return with the Coronavirus, then that period of quarantine is on your back in terms of pay. The company or government is not responsible for your 'screw-up'.
What this changes? I would suggest a massive fall-off in terms of travel beyond the German border. Fortunately, we are at the end of summer, and most of these trips are now finishing up before the rule starts. Affecting things in 2021? Yes, to a massive degree.
5. Major events cancelled for remainder of the year? Yes, that came out of the Chancellor's meeting yesterday. Soccer is affected, as well as big name fests.
The odds of this correcting in 2021? Unknown. I would suggest another meeting occurring in late November, and the extension going to early April of 2021.
The odds that a ban situation will continue now through all of 2021? Unless some 'Jesus-vaccine' occurs, I'd say it's a 99-percent chance bans will continue on for all of 2021.
6. A challenge came up to the German Federal Constitution Court (their version of the Supreme Court of the US).....over the obligation of Corona testing at airports in Germany.
The court basically said yesterday that 'yes, you are obligated'. The government does have that authority to force into a testing situation.
Final observation. Reality is beginning to hit as the Christmas Market situations are being cancelled out now. I would expect a lot of Germans to be mentally drawn into a negative spiral as the markets fail to exist. Retailers will not make the amount of money that they'd typically draw for the season. It'll be a rough period for some folks to survive.
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