1. Occasionally, you have this odd story that comes up and begs more questions.
N-TV this morning had this little short update over a Covid antibodies test done in Munich (large-scale). They say in early-to-mid November....this test showed results of 3.3-percent of society there having been through Covid-19. Well...only 1.5-percent of city residents had been registered and had been tested to prove they actually had it. So it was double the number of people who'd been through the virus in actuality.
What it generally means? A fair number of people have a very light version of the virus, with almost no symptoms. The odds nationally that twice as many people have had it? It's probably pretty good odds.
2. The vaccine being delivered around Germany? Yes, and under police guard (24-hours a day).
3. Number of Germans newly infected in past 24 hours? 24,384. Number of deaths in past 24 hours? 1,102.
In my regional town (Wiesbaden, 293k residents), total number of infected since day one: 6,558. Number of deaths in the same period: 104.
4. The Association of Cities and Municipalities in Germany....stood up and said there's serious issues for the survival of metropolitan areas in Germany, and the federal government needs to plan on billions to be used over the next year.
5. There was an interesting full-report off N-TV which talked to one particular region of Germany....the Saxony area (far eastern Germany). The news crew chatted with the folks that run the crematorium operations. They are basically running around the clock.
The key thing that they notice is that the bulk of their operations involve folks who passed away from Covid-19 while living in a retirement home. As they say....relatives come and ask 'why'. A lot of frustration is directed at people who manage things, and at politicians.
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