Current Events > Germans protest for a stricter CoVID-19 lockdown

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Meanwhile, hundreds of people took to the streets across Germany on Saturday as part of the "Zero COVID" movement, demanding stricter rules to curb the third wave.

In Bremen and Hanover, more than 200 citizens protested, while around 50 people took to the streets of Gttingen. Roughly two dozen people gathered in Berlin to air their frustrations and there were around 70 protesters in Dusseldorf, a police spokesperson said.

The "Zero COVID" protesters want a three-week paid break from work and said offices were "infection hubs." A desire for profit should not come before people's health, the organizers said.

In Hanover, protesters were demanding pandemic policies based on science, adding the government should put its people before economic interests.

Around a dozen demonstrators were seen in Potsdam, calling for more safety measures in schools and kindergartens, while they also want in-person teaching to be stopped.

In Munich, more than 100 people joined a rally, airing similar frustrations to those seen elsewhere in Germany.

And in Hamburg, a motorcade protesting against restrictions was pelted with eggs and tomatoes by some 300 counter-protesters on bikes, a police spokesperson said.

The motorcade of 109 vehicles had to be ended prematurely as a result.

https://m.dw.com/en/coronavirus-15-of-germans-vaccinated-says-rki/a-57159763

They have pictures and protestors are distancing and wearing masks etc. If I'd known, I would have joined in tbh
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for? Huh, Germans

How's the vaccination going over there? My grandmother recently got hers, we're still in the elderly phase but normal life has resumed
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awesome999 posted...

for? Huh, Germans

How's the vaccination going over there? My grandmother recently got hers, we're still in the elderly phase but normal life has resumed

15% of people have received the first shot

So, poorly
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Up
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I've read some really worrying stuff about this Hammer and Dance strategy that sounds pretty bad

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scar the 1 posted...

Hammer and Dance

Can't say that rings a bell
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teep_ posted...

Can't say that rings a bell

Apparently that's the name of the strategy that several European countries including Germany have adopted which is based on spreading fear about covid to keep the population under control, combined with very hard restrictions. What I've read is that it was developed by people who have no epidemiological merits, and sketchy connections to China. But it sounds very conspiratorial so I'm quite careful in reading too much into it

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yeah the government response here has been a fucking joke. We had a "lockdown light" in november which did fuck all. Then we had a hardcore lockdown starting around christmas which they started loosening up early March and since then it's just been chaos. States doing whatever the fuck they want, some opening, some not, all while the case numbers are going through the roof. People are just sick of it all.

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scar the 1 posted...

Apparently that's the name of the strategy that several European countries including Germany have adopted which is based on spreading fear about covid to keep the population under control, combined with very hard restrictions. What I've read is that it was developed by people who have no epidemiological merits, and sketchy connections to China. But it sounds very conspiratorial so I'm quite careful in reading too much into it

Spreading fear about Covid?

This is an illness that can kill or cripple a person easily. What more do you want to be afraid of it?

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scar the 1 posted...

spreading fear about covid to keep the population under control, combined with very hard restrictions

Our restrictions have been really loose, and the general population don't seem too worried. So if that's what the plan is, someone messed it up badly
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That's one of the reasons I'm not paying close attention to it - I don't know enough about various countries' strategies. I could look up some articles later if you're interested, I might be completely misremembering.

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Sure, if you have the time
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