German Of The Day: Verbindlich

December 27, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Health, Helplessness, Hideology, Hysteria Tags: Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, German, Germans, Germany, Inoculation, Language, Vaccine Leave a comment

That means binding. You know, as in mandatory?

Although the German government has said “there is no obligation to be inoculated” with the new vaccine against coronavirus now being distrubuted, the head of Germany’s Lufthansa expects that mandatory innoculations will soon be the rule for long haul flights. Then they’ll just work their way up, I mean down, from there.

Vaccinations will be free and available to everyone from mid-2021, when the priority groups are expected to have finished vaccination campaigns. There is no obligation to be inoculated.

As Long As The Other Third Goes First

December 26, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: Control, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Fake News, German, Germans, Germany, Media, Polls, Surveys, Vaccination, Vaccines 1 Comment

More accurate polling results just in!

Coronavirus: Two-thirds of Germans willing to receive COVID vaccine – A poll has shown a large majority of people in Germany want to receive the vaccine which is due for rollout on December 27. Nevertheless, more than half of the survey’s participants were concerned about side effects.

Yeah, right. Nice try, though. Try less than one in five willing to receive the vaccination and more than 80 percent concerned about side effects instead.

More than half of the respondents — 57% — said they were concerned about the potential side effects of being inoculated.

German Of The Day: “Da war die Welt noch in Ordnung”

December 22, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Higher Education, Hysteria Tags: Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, German, Germany, History, Journalism, Language, Media Leave a comment

That means “when the world was still in order.”

You know, when people at least felt they could believe what they read in the media? That’s been quite a long time ago.

ON THIS DAY in 1944, Germans race on.

All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Go

December 20, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Hi-tech, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hypochondria, Hysteria Tags: Bureaucracy, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, EU, Hamburg, Vaccination Center, Vaccinations Leave a comment

“Only the green light from the European Union is needed for Germany’s largest single vaccination site to spring into action.”

With a stress on spring. As in maybe by next Spring.

Germany’s largest Covid jab site ready for business – Spaces to queue up are already marked out on the way to the 64 miniature doctors’ offices where thousands of people per day will be vaccinated against Covid-19 in Hamburg.

Only the green light from the European Union is needed for Germany’s largest single vaccination site to spring into action, the brand-new equipment sitting ready in the vast congress centre of the northern port city.

Hard Lockdown, Lockdown Light, Christmas Lockdown…

December 16, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hypochondria, Hysteria Tags: Christmas, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Germans, Germany, Lockdowns, Shopping Leave a comment

Did Germans flock to the stores and through the crowds yesterday to get their Christmas shopping done before the big Christmas lockdown?

And to get their COVID19 infection while they were at it? Of course they did. They had to. But they know that their government is only locking them down for their own good so they are thankful that they were allowed to Christmas shop for as long as they did.

Germans flocked to the shops to get their Christmas shopping done. Now it’s forced them into lockdown for the holiday.

“The people are fed up with the situation.”

Not fed up enough, it seems. Happy Holidays!

How The Grinch Just Stole Christmas

December 13, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Health, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hypochondria, Hysteria Tags: Angela Merkel, Christmas, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Germany, Lockdown, Restrictions, Shopping, Social Distancing Leave a comment

In Germany. And no, it’s not the COVID-19 Grinch who did it. It was that other one with her evil elves below.

Germany set for nationwide hard lockdown from Wednesday: report – Germany is set to close most shops from Wednesday as it tightens lockdown curbs, according to a draft government proposal. Chancellor Angela Merkel is to meet with federal and state leaders on Sunday morning.

“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.”

Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart

December 11, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hurt Feelings, Hysteria Tags: Angela Merkel, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Germany, Hysteria, Lockdown, Panic, Restrictions Leave a comment

And my virus too, Granny. Looks like that’s the last Last Christmas for you! (insert evil laughter here)

Merkel pleads with Germans to avoid a ‘last Christmas with the grandparents,’ as country smashes daily death record – Germany was praised among European nations for its handling of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. But on Tuesday it suffered its deadliest day yet and infection rates are still rising. So what’s gone wrong?

And that was way back when on Tuesday.

Fast 30.000 Neuansteckungen mit dem Coronavirus binnen 24 Stunden meldet das Robert Koch-Institut – der höchste Stand in Deutschland seit Beginn der Pandemie.

Ve Have Vays Of Making You Talk

December 10, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Health, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Humor, Hypochondria, Hypocrisy, Hysteria Tags: Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, German, Germans, Germany, Lockdown, State Control, Surveillance Leave a comment

Ve know you have ze virus. Or at least you had it. Ve vere informed by your children. Vhere did you get it? Who did you give ze virus to you?

Give us ze names! Sign ze papers!

Coronavirus: Anti-lockdown group put under surveillance in German state – A Querdenker group, one German state said, has been “infiltrated by extremists.” The movement is responsible for arranging large demonstrations against coronavirus restrictions across the country.

“Avoid your last Christmas wis your grandparents.”

So That’s What The 19 In COVID-19 Stands For

December 9, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Health, Hysteria Tags: Being Overweight, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Weight Leave a comment

Duh, I finally get it. It’s the 19 pounds you gain by having to stay home all the time.

Or is it kilos?

Coronavirus: Germans gaining weight during pandemic – A year of lockdowns and working from home appear to be taking their toll on Germans’ waistlines. A new study on health in the country notes an increase in weight gain since the coronavirus pandemic began.

You First

December 7, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Health, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Hurt Feelings, Hypochondria, Hypocrisy, Hysteria Tags: Angela Merkel, Berlin, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, German, Germans, Germany, Pandemic, Vaccinations 1 Comment

A spokesman for Angela Merkel’s government has announced that he expects coronavirus vaccinations to begin in Germany “in the very first days” of the new year.

And Germans being Germans and incredibly orderly and all that the same spokesman has indicated that government officials, himself included, will graciously wait their turn and let everyone else get their vaccinations first.

Merkel’s chief of staff, Helge Braun, told the Bild newspaper late Sunday that he will tell medical authorities he’s prepared to help. He said “that won’t work at every hour of the day or night as chief of staff, but at the weekend I’m prepared to join in.” He said that he and Merkel will get vaccinated “when it’s our turn.”

DIE GROSSE IMPF-DEBATTE – Welche Berufe sind zuerst dran?

Observing Hermann

“Was interessiert mich mein Geschwätz von gestern?”

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