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Coronavirus: Thousands protest in Germany against restrictions
bbc ^ | 08/01/2020

Posted on 08/01/2020 12:53:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Official estimates say at least 15,000 people are taking part in the protests, which is being called "The Day of Freedom".

Protesters held up banners featuring such slogans as "Corona, false alarm", "We are being forced to wear a muzzle".

The BBC's Damian McGuinness in Berlin says some are from the far right and some are conspiracy theorists who do not believe Covid-19 exists, but others are ordinary people who simply object to the government's approach to the pandemic

Restrictions in Germany include the wearing of face-coverings in shops and on public transport, social distancing rules and hygiene requirements apply throughout the country. Mandatory testing has been introduced for holidaymakers returning from high-risk areas.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Germany
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; bbc; berlin; coronavirus; damianmcguinness; europe; europeanunion; germany; masks; nato; protest; restrictions; unitedkingdom
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The "far" right and conspiracy theorists aren't ordinary people?
1 posted on 08/01/2020 12:53:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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2 posted on 08/01/2020 12:54:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin; Army Air Corps; Berlin_Freeper

Thank You for the thread!


3 posted on 08/01/2020 12:56:16 PM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: BenLurkin

Buncha dang Trump supporters. Look, no/few masks is the giveaway.


4 posted on 08/01/2020 12:57:45 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: BenLurkin

Time for us to follow suit. Time to open back up and get our children back in school also


5 posted on 08/01/2020 12:58:02 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: BenLurkin

Who knew the Germans would be fighting for freedom before the Americans? We’re pathetic.


6 posted on 08/01/2020 1:00:13 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (If 100% of us contracted this Covid Virus only 99.997% would be left to tell our story.)
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To: BenLurkin

But it can’t be. All the pro-maskers claim everyone else is all better because OrangeManBad. Oh, Japan is having a second hit? And Hong Kong? And Germany? And did I hear northern England? How can that be? They don’t have an Orange Man.


7 posted on 08/01/2020 1:00:48 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: rktman

We need to do this. Seriously.

I have a feeling Fauci will suddenly decide that protests spread virus.


8 posted on 08/01/2020 1:02:28 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s Germany, so our media will find a way to make them Nazis.


9 posted on 08/01/2020 1:06:39 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: BenLurkin

Ich bin ein Deutscher


10 posted on 08/01/2020 1:07:01 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: T. P. Pole

Some places didn’t get as much exposure, now the virus is getting there. Hopefully it’s mostly younger infectees and/or a milder strain.


11 posted on 08/01/2020 1:10:11 PM PDT by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!)
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To: KC_Lion

Ride a bicycle and catch a lot of fish.


12 posted on 08/01/2020 1:13:18 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: BenLurkin

This was an earlier feed.....if anyone speaks German.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=emb_title&v=hTAm5Oc4fao


13 posted on 08/01/2020 1:14:28 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: BenLurkin

Wonderful! We need to join them from this side!


14 posted on 08/01/2020 1:15:30 PM PDT by livius
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To: BenLurkin

FIRE FAUXI !


15 posted on 08/01/2020 1:17:09 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (READ,,,--flattenthefear.com---Stanford Prison Experiment)
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To: MayflowerMadam

It used to be the German always obeyed orders now it’s the great freedom-loving Americans that are obeying orders


16 posted on 08/01/2020 1:20:06 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate of America and Freedom.)
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To: FreeReign

Ich auch!

Freiheit uber allies!


17 posted on 08/01/2020 1:21:16 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate of America and Freedom.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I speak German but it’s hard to hear exactly what they’re saying except one word is loud and clear....FREIHEIT !!!
.....FREEDOM.

AN INTERESTING CLIP.. especially the older woman probably in her early 80s angrily talking to the policeman.


18 posted on 08/01/2020 1:24:38 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate of America and Freedom.)
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To: FreeReign

Ja!


19 posted on 08/01/2020 1:30:07 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Protests only spread the virus when they are right-wing extremists standing up for the Constitution of the United States.
20 posted on 08/01/2020 1:33:31 PM PDT by Left2Right (Keep America Great!)
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