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Originally Posted by AzulOscuro
@ rechu, I can’t even guess how tired you may be having permit to go out for two hours at the weekend at this point in time. After so many months of restrictions. I feel for you dear, your husband and your doggies.
I’m gonna rant a little.
From what I know restrictive measures in Germany as still pretty severe until they see the numbers of infections decrease until an easier to handle point. Here, the news are seeing with good ideas what in Germany is being done as opposite as what we are doing here in Spain. We have the threshold in the number of contagious to relax measures at 500 while in Germany is at 100.
I understand that there are two different countries and German Economy is more powerful and diversified. The capability of a country and the other to provide with help to the different economical sectors is far cry from one country to the other. But, even though my country have more relaxed measures people seems to not being never satisfied. They go on failing to comply with the rules.
Yesterday I went to the country side. We were the first to arrive to the place. We were running out words along the day while we see us surroundings by large groups of people, many of them, even tried to disrespect our security distance until we made comments such us: I can’t believe my eyes.
They finally understood and went further.
This is only a single anecdote that happened in a little place of one city. I don’t even want to know what it may be happening in other places and cities. |
Well, it depends on what you see as strict measures, I guess. Here in Germany, restaurants, cafes etc and non essential stores are still closed. Going out to a eat or have a coffee during a pandemic sounds strange to me now. But we never had a curfew or needed permits to leave the house.
I do think they have finally made one right move in making home office mandatory whenever possible. Too many companies were still forcing their employees to work at the office unneccesarily.
But..... 500??? as in new cases per 100.000? I thought for losening restrictions in Germany, it would have to be under 50 or 35 even. 500 sounds VERY high! I read somewhere at under 100 schools could open again. Personally back when I was in school, I would have LOVED to have online classes. For people who don't have a lot of friends in school or are bullied even, it could be a blessing
According to new calculations, my turn for getting the vaccine will be between, if I remember correctly, August 2022 en May 2023. Yes, 2023. But of course it's constantly changing because of the supply issues.
I know this is going to sound harsh but when you hear about people in their late 90s dying after getting the vaccine and it's explained as "the vaccine didn't kill them, they would've died anyway" I can't help but think "well that's a waste of the dose then"
I know it sound heartless and I'm really not, I'm just so sick of everything.
In my home country, I think now the 63 and 64 year olds are up, because they're using AstraZeneca now, which wasn't approved for 65+. First we start with the really really old people who don't even leave the house, and then they move down 25 years. So my 72 year old diabetic dad is not getting his vaccine yet, but younger people are and older people have theirs
