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When I read today's Badische Zeitung online at 10 p.m. last night, I stumbled across an article titled Weitere Einschränkungen (More Restrictions).

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Red Baron started to study the table of Corona restrictions - in force from today on - and shook his head. Gastronomy in indoor places requires 2G (vaccinated or recovered), while outdoor Christmas markets are marked 2G+. Geimpfte or Genesene may dine in restaurants, while 2G visitors to Christmas markets also need a negative Corona rapid test result. Last Saturday, Red Baron visited Freiburg's Christmas market, accompanied by a cold wind that blew away any Corona aerosol clouds. 

With all the existing complications already, the market's attendance is only half this year compared to before Corona. The additional test requirement will kill Freiburg's Christmas market (see the recent development at the end).

The new Corona restrictions are illogical and too complicated. The Eiertanz (dancing around eggs) around stubbornly unvaccinated people must stop as soon as possible.

Further reading about Weitere Einschränkungen, I shouted, "Compulsory vaccination, now!"

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Germany is riding on a towering fourth wave of Corona with no end in view, so the US told its citizens to avoid my country.

 

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Jens Spahn, the wise guy and soon-to-be former Federal Minister of Health, said, "In January, the 3G rule will still be valid. It is only named differently: geimpft, genesen, and gestorben (vaccinated, recovered, and deceased)."

He wasn't wise when he later argued against compulsory vaccination: "Jabs don't help to break the fourth Corona wave." Dear Jens, everybody knows that immunization against Covid builds up over time, and a second jab is required two weeks after the first shot.

However, every day counts, so compulsory vaccination now! I want to live through something other than a fifth Corona wave in the winter of 2022/23.

With a Corona incidence rate of 1084, more than double that of Germany, Austria starts compulsory vaccination next year on February 1. Why don't we follow? 

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This Wednesday evening, the organizer, the Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik und Messe GmbH (FWTM; Freiburg Economy Tourism and Fair Ltd.), and the exhibitors decided to close the Christmas market. 

Despite the market closure, FWTM has allowed artisans to continue operating their booths. However, the decorations must come off, as a Christmas market requires 2G+. Consequently, 50 of the 127 vendors of the aborted event will continue. 

With Christmas decorations removed, one of the arts and crafts vendors said, "We are now like a normal retail store, for which the 3G rule applies and not 2G+." Crazy!

Compulsory vaccination now!

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