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German lockdown: Merkel announces tough new COVID curbs
Deutsche Welle ^

Posted on 12/13/2020 10:44:14 AM PST by drop 50 and fire for effect

The German chancellor has said stores, schools, and day care centers are to close in the run-up to Christmas until January 10. The new rules, agreed with Germany's 16 state leaders, will come into effect from Wednesday.

On Sunday, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that most stores would shut from Wednesday, along with schools and day care centers.

The new restrictions will be in effect until at least January 10 to help tackle the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which threatens to overwhelm the country's health system.

In a news conference that followed a meeting of federal and state leaders, she said the country urgently needed to address the exponential rise in COVID-19 infections.

The decision is set to cause a major disruption for retailers, the education system and the public in the lead-up to the Christmas holidays.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chinavirus; christmas; coronavirus; covid19; europe; eussr; fourthreich; germany; lockdown; merkel
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We just got the word on this, "major disruption" is an understatement. This restrictions include:

-All nonessential shops and services will close until January 10, including hairdressers which remained open under the current lockdown "lite."

-Schools are urged to send students home and continue lessons online, as well as extend the winter break until January 10.

Day care centers will also close, but parents will be able to take paid holidays in order to look after their children.

-Employers are encouraged to allow employees to work from home.

-People will not be allowed to drink alcohol in public.

-Religious events in churches, synagogues and mosques may take place if they follow hygiene rules, but communal singing is not allowed.

-States still plan to ease stricter contact restrictions for December 24 to 26 so that close family members can spend Christmas together — a household may, during this time, invite up to four adults from other households but only from the immediate family, plus any number of children under 14.

-People may not purchase fireworks for New Year's Eve.

1 posted on 12/13/2020 10:44:14 AM PST by drop 50 and fire for effect
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

There must be bodies everywhere.


2 posted on 12/13/2020 10:45:20 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

You know the virus is just gonna do its own thing. Lockdown or not.


3 posted on 12/13/2020 10:47:39 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

The Grinch and Ebenezer Scrooge have been surpassed. This is going to be painful for those of us here in Germany.


4 posted on 12/13/2020 10:49:28 AM PST by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.")
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To: blueunicorn6

One of them shold be Merkel’s.


5 posted on 12/13/2020 10:49:33 AM PST by Truth29
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To: blueunicorn6

So January 11th is the same as December 14th come out of your lock down and get corona virus. Similarly here, all restaurants and bars will close at 10 pm because we all know corona virus comes out at 10:01


6 posted on 12/13/2020 10:51:15 AM PST by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect
-People will not be allowed to drink alcohol in public.

-People may not purchase fireworks for New Year's Eve.

Such a clever virus.

7 posted on 12/13/2020 10:51:33 AM PST by KC_Lion
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To: blueunicorn6

The crematoriums cannot be seen from space.


8 posted on 12/13/2020 10:51:56 AM PST by KC_Lion
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To: blueunicorn6

They’ve had a spike, but what this means is that everyone is going to cram all their Christmas shopping into the next two days. Increasing close contact and chances for the virus to spread. Great job Frau Merkel!


9 posted on 12/13/2020 10:57:18 AM PST by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.")
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

Laying the groundwork for The Reset.

“Build Back Better”

https://stoppingsocialism.com/2020/06/global-reset-climate-change/


10 posted on 12/13/2020 10:59:43 AM PST by Captain7seas (UN EXIT!)
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Thinkin’ our own little oberfurher sissypants will make a new pronouncement for Nevada today since his last edict was 3 weeks ago. Soooooooooo................. We shall see. And will we obey? Not bloody likely.


11 posted on 12/13/2020 10:59:47 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oh, like the climate? :-)


12 posted on 12/13/2020 11:01:17 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

She’s asking for a complete collapse of the German economy. She won’t care. She’ll just run for president of the european union.


13 posted on 12/13/2020 11:01:40 AM PST by I want the USA back (I fear my government much much much more than a virus from china.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Indeed it will.
Its interesting about this “second wave” in Europe, and in parts of the US: Its hitting those countries and regions that were spared in the “first wave”.

Spain was hit very hard in the first wave, mainly in Madrid and Barcelona. But both have been mainly spared in the second wave, which has hit places like Andalucia that barely felt it the first time. Likewise I believe that in Italy, Milan is now safe while Naples was spared at first, and now it is getting it. And New York, hit hard in March-May, now has hardly any deaths, a bit of info not usually noted.

So now it seems those countries and regions which the plague missed initially, are now getting it. The German situation is very much like all of Central and Eastern Europe. The German situation is looking a lot like that of Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Austria.

Also universal in Europe (and New York) was the summer “break”, which did not really happen in the US or Mexico or Latin America.

This Covid thing has constraints in environmental factors that we dont yet understand.

Anyway, New York must be the safest place (from Covid) in the US just now.


14 posted on 12/13/2020 11:12:30 AM PST by buwaya
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

My brother lives in Germany and told me they are even having trouble getting his wife in for chemo treatment. His son’s restaurant has been closed, except for takeout, of course. I assume now even takeout will be verboten.


15 posted on 12/13/2020 11:18:33 AM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: buwaya

If we had a “summer break” here in US, our hospitals would be getting overwhelmed right now. But we have been getting cases all year long so we should be okay (except for NYC which was hit hard in the first wave).


16 posted on 12/13/2020 11:18:58 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

All part of a plan to destroy capitalism, especially small businesses. If Biden and his Ho get in, we’ll see it happening here.


17 posted on 12/13/2020 11:20:43 AM PST by Signalman
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

I’ll bet the muzzies she loves so much are exempt?


18 posted on 12/13/2020 11:34:53 AM PST by Bob434
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

At this point it’s time to start ignoring these orders wholesale


19 posted on 12/13/2020 11:36:33 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump Pence II! Save America again )
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To: Oorang
I assume now even takeout will be verboten.

Take out is still allowed as well as delivery. But the new restrictions are pure evil - 8PM Curfew with few exceptions. 5 people in a private gathering at home (including on Christmas Eve) no more than two households - if you have two grown kids you get to choose which one gets to visit. Absolutely disgusting!

20 posted on 12/13/2020 11:39:28 AM PST by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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