German Of The Day: Verweilverbot

March 1, 2021 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hysteria Tags: Big Brother, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Data Security, Pandemic, Privacy, Regulations Leave a comment

That means, a ban on lingering. Pausing. Sitting on a park bench. Standing still and looking at trees. Stuff like that.

That is now forbidden in German cities like Düsseldorf because Big Brother is from the government and is here to help. To help you not spread the Coronavirus. I’m not making this up, people. If the people from the Ordnungsamt (Office of Order) see you sitting on a bench there admiring the Rhine or something you can and will be fined. Can’t wait for the new immunity passes to come out!

Verweilverbot: Nicht alle halten sich dran.

Implant A Chip In Me While You’re At It

February 28, 2021 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hypochondria, Hypocrisy, Hysteria Tags: Angela Merkel, Coronavirus, COVID-19, German, Germans, Germany, IDs, Immunity Pass, Pandemic, Passports, State Control, Vaccines Leave a comment

So much for the infamous German obsession with privacy and data security.

“They’re from the government and they’re here to help us, honey. What could possibly go wrong?”

Most Germans keen on COVID vaccination passport – Around 60% of Germans surveyed for a new poll said they were in favor of immunity passports. Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed her support, albeit only when most residents have been offered the shot.

“When we have made a vaccination offer to enough people and some of them refuse to be vaccinated, we will have to consider whether there should be openings and access only for vaccinated people in certain areas.”

German Of The Day: Trendwende

February 26, 2021 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Higher Education, Hypochondria, Hysteria Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Fake News, German, Germans, Germany, Language, Pandemie, Propaganda, Vaccines Leave a comment

That means trend reversal. It goes like this: As soon as the numbers of Covid-19 infections clearly begin rising again – and that’s what they’re doing – the head virologist what’s in charge announces this as great news. That is, he spins it as if the numbers are actually dropping.

That’s just how virologists work, I guess. If you ever doubted that nobody knows what the hell is going on with this pandemic here in Germany, doubt no more.

In Schottland habe man gesehen, dass der Impfstoff von AstraZeneca das Hospitalisierungsrisiko dramatisch senke. Die Rate sei um 94 Prozent zurückgegangen. „Das ist fantastisch“, sagte Wieler.

Testing Yourself Every Half Hour Will Give You More Freedom

February 25, 2021 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hypocrisy Tags: Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pandemic, Testing, Tests, Vaccines Leave a comment

It’s not like you have an option in Germany. They missed the Coronavirus vaccine train long ago.

Oh, and they haven’t organized enough of these self-administered tests yet either but it’s the thought that counts.

Coronavirus: Home tests will give Germany ‘more freedom’ – Health Minister Jens Spahn says antigen tests will allow people to “win back” part of their lives. He warned, however, that the pandemic is not over, imploring people to remain vigilant.

AstraZeneca Not So Bad After All

February 23, 2021 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Health, Helplessness, Hideology, Hurt Feelings, Hypochondria, Hypocrisy, Hysteria Tags: AstraZeneca, Brexit, Coronavirus, COVID-19, German, Germans, Germany, Vaccines Leave a comment

First German politicians attack the vaccine for purely political reasons (Brexit, Britain cannot succeed with out us, etc.)…

Then, once the shortage of vaccines becomes critical due to their own incompetence, the same politicians begin a public relations campaign explaining to citizens how AstraZeneca works quite well after all. We’re from the government and we’re here to help.

More German state workers to get AstraZeneca jab as doses go begging – The German government is reworking its strategy to vaccinate the nation against COVID-19 as its campaign, which has faltered due to a lack of supply, also faces public resistance to the shot from AstraZeneca Plc.

“The vaccine from AstraZeneca is both safe and highly effective.”

Infectious Number Variants Increasing Numbers More Infectiously

February 22, 2021 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Higher Education, Home Cooking, Humility, Hurt Feelings, Hysteria Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, German, Germans, Germany, Mutations, Numbers, Pandemic, Statistics, Variants Leave a comment

COVID numbers in Germany seem to have mutated and are now on the rise again. Thank goodness. They had been dropping for weeks.

Otherwise everybody would have to start earning a living again. I know, let’s compromise. We’ll send all the kids back to school.

Germany’s COVID infections rise again – The increase comes just as schools are scheduled to reopen. The rise has been driven by new, more-infectious variants of the coronavirus.

The Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases reported 7,676 new cases on Sunday, up 1,562 from one week ago. The key seven-day incidence rate increased to 60.2 across the country, up from 57.7 a day earlier.

No need to wonder why. German and EU politicians went out of their way to make the AstraZenica vaccine unpopular.

You know, Brexit and all that? It had to be made unpopular because it came from post-Brexit Britain and demonstrated, once again, how incompetent EU bureaucrats are in matters like this. They have done everything wrong they could possibly do wrong when it comes to COVID vaccines yet still gladly point a schoolmasterly finger at a country that is clearly getting the problem under control.

COVID: AstraZeneca vaccine remains unpopular in Germany – In Germany, everyone who wants a coronavirus vaccine should receive one by September. But this plan will only work if millions of people accept the vaccine produced by AstraZeneca.

Think about it: You are willing to endanger the lives of your own citizens in order to make your “ex” look bad.

Berlin Is Only Number Two?

February 15, 2021 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hustle (Hoax), Hypocrisy Tags: Berlin, Business, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Crime, Fraud, Germany, Government Aid, Raids Leave a comment

When it comes to its share of the 25,000 fraudulent coronavirus aid rip-offs discovered so far in Germany?

This city is so corrupt that even its fraudsters are second-rate.

COVID aid: Germany uncovers over 25,000 cases of fraud – Germany’s coronavirus aid efforts have been plagued by fraudsters from the start. Authorities have warned that they’ve only just begun to scratch the surface.

More than a quarter of the current cases stem from Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia — with over 4,600 concrete cases logged so far.

Berlin has the second-highest number of cases, with 2,600, followed by the southern state of Bavaria with 1,500.

Merkel Has Everything Under Control

February 14, 2021 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hypocrisy Tags: Angela Merkel, Coronavirus, COVID-19, German, Germans, Germany, Lockdown, Pandemic, Politicians Leave a comment

Not. As usual not. But now the Germans are finally beginning to notice.

“We have decided that hair salons can reopen on March 1.”

Despite myriad warnings in summer 2020, including from Merkel herself, of the dangers of a second pandemic wave, it was allowed to crash over the country at year’s end, almost completely unhindered. And despite Germany being the economically strongest country in the European Union, and despite holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU until the end of December, Merkel was unable to leverage that power when it came to buying sufficient quantities of vaccine.

“I can’t really give you a good answer.”

Crappy Films A Comin’

February 12, 2021 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Hideology, High Art, Home Cooking, Hype, Hypocrisy Tags: Berlin, Berlin Film Festival#, Berlinale 2021, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Films, Hollywood, Movies, Politics Leave a comment

Corona Or Not. Crappy and politicized. But crappy.

The 71st Berlin festival will be a unique event. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Berlin 2021 will be split into two stages. From March 1 through March 5, the festival will hold an online-only event mainly for the international industry. The European Film Market will also go virtual, following a model established last year by the likes of Cannes and the American Film Market in Santa Monica.

An in-person festival in the German capital, with red-carpet screenings and gala events, is planned for June 9-June 20.

Observing Hermann

“Was interessiert mich mein Geschwätz von gestern?”

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