1. There was a brief note or two this morning via our public TV in Hessen (HR) over railway travel.
What the Bahn folks say in Hessen is that since the lockdown (early November) has occurred....trains are occupied with around 20 to 30 percent of the normal crowd onboard....meaning way underused.
The regional folks (Wiesbaden/Frankfurt) for the Bahn? They are saying for 2020....the shortfall on ticket sales is a quarter of a billion Euro. No one much is suggesting recovery is in the cards for 2021.
2. Deaths over the past 24 hours? Ending last night, 575.
3. I sat and watched a N-TV piece this morning....covering what the Brits say is a new variant of the Corona virus.
The key feature? Well....it's not a good thing. The Brit science guys say this 'model' is 70-percent MORE contagious than the normal Covid.
In this case, if you get this variant....you will likely get a more robust case of Covid. Effective nature of the vaccine? Unknown. Just by the words spoken, you get the impression that a minimum of three or four months of research and testing will be required.
This discovery is probably the driving force for the maximum shutdown you see in the UK presently.
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