Posted on 10/27/2020 3:34:19 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged Germans to “stick to what we know” about the coronavirus as the country battles a second wave of infections.
“We know how we can protect ourselves. We can proceed with a more targeted response,” she said in Berlin. “But we also see with the rising numbers that if we do not stick to what we know about the virus, we get ourselves back into situations are that are decidedly difficult.”
Merkel was speaking ahead of a key meeting with state leaders, brought forward to Wednesday, at which she is expected to push for tougher restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19.
According to a report in the Bild newspaper, the government is mulling a series of new measures that include restaurant and bar closures and a ban on public events. Schools are expected to remain open, except in regions with severe outbreaks.
Merkel is meeting with Germany’s 16 state premiers, who she must convince to agree to the restrictions, which were described by Bild as “lockdown light.” Measures taken to combat the coronavirus pandemic in Germany are decided at the state level. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...
Merkel might like to question China:
26 Oct updated 27 Oct: Daily Mail: China is close to ‘world domination’ and Europe must wake up to the danger, (former) German spy chief says
Gerhard Schindler said China’s rulers were ‘very cleverly’ spreading influence
He said Germany should shut Chinese firm Huawei out of its 5G mobile network
Schindler also warned of a ‘reservoir’ of Muslims vulnerable to ‘radicalisation’ after Angela Merkel opened Germany’s doors to refugees in 2015
By TIM STICKINGS
Schindler called on Germany to strip out Huawei from its 5G mobile network in order to make the country ‘less dependent’ on Beijing, echoing the US government’s fears that Huawei could be used to spy for China’s Communist Party...
Speaking to The (UK) Times, Schindler also argued that Angela Merkel’s decision to open Germany’s doors to refugees in 2015 had left the country with a ‘large reservoir’ of Muslim men who could be vulnerable to ‘radicalisation, recruitment and violence’...
Schindler, who led Germany’s intelligence service from 2011 to 2016, said Huawei could create so-called back doors in its 5G systems and ‘we would have no idea what they were building’...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8879791/China-close-world-domination-Europe-wake-danger-German-spy-chief-says.html
“Science” sounds so much better than “Wissenschaft.”
Urges discipline upon the most disciplined country in history.
What do they want to do with Toobin's schaft?
Yeah yeah...I know. Poor humor at his expense.
Meanwhile, they still want to court Red China into some kind of trade alliance to “punish” the USA.
If only they had a state police that could check people’s documentation to see if they were valid to be on the street. And they could mark people who citizens should avoid
"Vee haf vays!"
Their media wails that their “contact tracing” is insufficient, too.
Maybe they could form a national police unit. Maybe call it the Gestapo.
They already have a Bundespolizei (federal police force). Would not take too much to create a secret (Geheim) division, on their part.
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