Every year again: the Delta variant was detected for the first time in Germany almost exactly a year ago. That was around the Christmas holidays. Omikron will be giving presents a little earlier this year. Otherwise everything is almost like last year. Only that the number of infections is slightly higher, but politicians willing to act are a bit further away.
The outgoing Minister of Health makes scornful slogans and explains to all those who have not been vaccinated that they will be allowed to go to the supermarket for a maximum of the next year. That will certainly push up the shameful rate of under 70 percent double vaccinations in Germany. Improving them was given up a long time ago anyway. Otherwise one should have come up with a few more original ideas than just asking RKI President Lothar Wieler to do so at the federal press conference.
Whoever inherits Jens Spahn is still in the stars. The SPD will fill the health department. But not just yet. Olaf Scholz first wants to get his party’s membership vote behind him without staff quarrels, that is the most important thing now. After that, he will do everything that has to be done in the pandemic, he informs relaxed on Twitter. Hands up if you don’t feel ridiculed by it.
The Bundeswehr meanwhile flies intensive care patients from overcrowded intensive care units to other clinics that are less crowded. Prime ministers and governing mayors watch as football clubs fill their stadiums to the last seat on the weekend – and otherwise demand uniform nationwide rules because the situation is so serious.
The rest of us without government responsibility don’t try to get cynical, which is really difficult. We are already canceling visits to relatives for Christmas and sincerely hope that at least the schools will stay open. And that Corona just goes away on its own.
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