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Germany mulls cutting international air traffic 'to almost zero' as coronavirus variants spread
Straitstimes ^ | 1-26-21 | unattributed

Posted on 01/26/2021 4:18:54 PM PST by dynachrome

Germany is considering almost completely halting flights into the country to slow the spread of more infectious strains of the coronavirus, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Tuesday (Jan 26).

"The danger from the numerous virus mutations forces us to consider drastic measures," Seehofer told the Bild newspaper.

"That includes significantly stricter border checks, especially at the borders of high-risk areas, but also reducing air travel to Germany to almost zero, as Israel is currently doing," he added.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlines; gwermany; kungflu
Stricter border checks? No more muzzies?
1 posted on 01/26/2021 4:18:54 PM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

The whole world is determined to commit suicide.


2 posted on 01/26/2021 4:20:17 PM PST by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: dynachrome

Variants have been spreading since day one.


3 posted on 01/26/2021 4:20:18 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: dynachrome

But...but...that’s rayciss and acting precipitously.
/ sarc


4 posted on 01/26/2021 4:22:04 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: dynachrome

Wen interessiert das? Verdammte Nazis!


5 posted on 01/26/2021 4:23:37 PM PST by buffyt (Amo il caos. Ho un sacco di maledizioni e incantesimi che non ho usato.)
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To: dynachrome

The Chermans don’t have indigenous vaccines and a program to inoculate their peeps in short order?


6 posted on 01/26/2021 4:27:01 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: packrat35

They must have a money tree in the backyard as well.


7 posted on 01/26/2021 4:28:10 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: dynachrome

“Slow the spread”

Is their flight curtailment going to last 15 days?


8 posted on 01/26/2021 4:34:29 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democracy Dies With Democrats)
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To: dynachrome
"Germany mulls cutting international air traffic '"


9 posted on 01/26/2021 4:52:32 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: dynachrome

Don’t you love how “more infectious” is in scare quotes? As if this means it must be deadlier or at least cause more severe cases in a the broader population. Neither which as been shown ASFAIK. A virus well evolve to be more infectious because that increases its chances of survival. It does not follow it will be more severe.


10 posted on 01/26/2021 4:55:22 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: dynachrome

Horse...barn...

NOW they think of it...


11 posted on 01/26/2021 5:03:44 PM PST by Regulator (It's Fraud, Jim)
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To: packrat35; null and void

[The whole world is determined to commit (economic) suicide.]

I am presuming you mean “economic” that is.

That’s why I expect UBI and the world “savior” (dictator false messiah) known as the man of sin (for shorthand, the Antichrist).

People will have to have UBI just to survive in such a world. Not everybody can work from home, either. (just saying that - you didn’t suggest it, of course)

Even with Bible Prophecy AND being on the nut-job conspiracy ping list, I am still shocked at the breadth and speed of this thing.

You could have told me, two years ago, that the whole world would shut down and I wouldn’t have believed you. But it did, March of 2020.


12 posted on 01/26/2021 5:08:55 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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But what about masks?


13 posted on 01/26/2021 5:09:18 PM PST by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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To: dynachrome

Pet peeve - governments rarely “mull” anything. Usually this means they’ve decided to do it and are just dribbling out their intentions a little at a time.


14 posted on 01/26/2021 5:12:21 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: dfwgator

[halting flights]

Better get these people to a hospital.

But that’s not important, right now.

It’s a different kind of flying.

Altogether!


15 posted on 01/26/2021 5:14:54 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: dynachrome
Just a FYI

The H1N1 of '09 (Swine Flu), that infected 50+ million on the US (see: CDC) has evolved into the seasonal flu season virus (again, see: CDC).

H1N1 did not go away.

Thanks, China.

16 posted on 01/26/2021 5:31:14 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: ifinnegan

And are these ‘vaccines’ effective against all variants? E.g. the flu shot isn’t effective against all influenza variants and some years is barely 50% effective e.g. depending on the strain that spreads in the winter, they may not have made the right vaccine the previous summer. It’s a little bit of guesswork and projection to decide which flu shots to produce in quantities large enough to inoculate the many hundreds of millions of people who get them every year.

The Alphabet Swamp has screwed this whole thing up since day one. You could argue negligently, or intentionally. We know the risk factors, and we have damn good evidence that cheap generic medications work extremely well if given early upon diagnosis or onset of first symptoms.


17 posted on 01/26/2021 6:07:26 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: monkeyshine

Sars2 and flu are totally different.

The flu viruses are many and are different viruses altogether. There are different vaccines for the different viruses.

Sars2 is one virus with some variation in some amino acids.


18 posted on 01/26/2021 6:40:22 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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