[kreuzberger]

Certainly here in .uk the boosters are either Moderna or Pfizer ...

Yes, we are getting Moderna or BioNTech/Pfizer and, reading between the lines on the doc's website, I think I am probably down for Moderna. I can't stress how utterly indifferent I am so long as I get me an armful of the Good Stuff.

What is more pressing at the moment is deciding whether to go to Bordeaux for duck and Armagnac or Nice for an ocean going feast in the Café de Turin. Yes, I am doing my Christmas shopping ahead of time this year.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Lidl today was 100% masked. So was the beauty salon...

[Oboogie]

Lidl has consistently been the best of my local supermarkets for mask wearing.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Lidl has consistently been the best of my local supermarkets for mask wearing.

Is that an age thing, do you think?

[Oboogie]

Lidl has consistently been the best of my local supermarkets for mask wearing.

Is that an age thing, do you think?

I don't think so. When I go, our Lidl has a mix of pensioners, horsey middle aged women, students and workmen seeking lunch and they never dropped below about 60% masked. Contrast with ASDA where mask wearing dropped to about 10% after Johnson's "Freedom Day" bollocks.
Mind you, I do time my shopping trips for when it's not too busy, I've no idea what it's like on Saturday afternoons.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Ours tends to be pensioners (like us) and mums with kids, single (ie on their own...) men, workers from a nearby site. We had noticed mask wearing falling off, but then today hey were all back again. And it's not down to the security guard who's 5' 4" and over 60.

[Boiler]

BBC: The big company Christmas party is off this year.

No. 10: Do not cancel Christmas parties.

[Cyclist]

Soddin' bastard pinko BBC, refusing to catch Covid and spread it around. Never does what the government tells 'em. DeFuNd the Bbc Now!1!!1eleventy-one!1!!

[Boiler]

One for our correspondent in Berlin:

Germany has announced sweeping new restrictions for people who have not been vaccinated against Covid.

Chancellor Angela Merkel says unvaccinated people will be barred from many public places, including non-essential shops and events, unless they have recently recovered from Covid.

"Culture and leisure nationwide will be open only to those who have been vaccinated or recovered," Merkel says.

"We have understood that the situation is very serious and that we want to take further measures in addition to those already taken," she adds.

Merkel also says a nationwide vaccination mandate could be imposed from February 2022, after it's been debated in parliament.

[mattomac]

When does Merkel step down?

[Boiler]

When does Merkel step down?

Next week, I think?

[Nigredo]

One for our correspondent in Berlin:

Germany has announced sweeping new restrictions for people who have not been vaccinated against Covid.

Chancellor Angela Merkel says unvaccinated people will be barred from many public places, including non-essential shops and events, unless they have recently recovered from Covid.

"Culture and leisure nationwide will be open only to those who have been vaccinated or recovered," Merkel says.

"We have understood that the situation is very serious and that we want to take further measures in addition to those already taken," she adds.

Merkel also says a nationwide vaccination mandate could be imposed from February 2022, after it's been debated in parliament.

My anarcho-crank interlocuter has been prepped and ready with his collection of historic quotes about fascism returning under the guise of Liberalism

[kreuzberger]

When does Merkel step down?

Officially, we have a caretaker, Merkel, until The Bundestag elects Scholz as chancellor between 6 and 8 December. In practice, Scholz and Merkel have been jointly running the show since very soon after the election and consulting ever more closely since the coalition contract was finalised last week.

There's none of this phoning of Pickford's once the exit polls are published. It is quite refreshing to see the transference of power and, crucially, the burden of responsibility being carried out in such an orderly fashion.

[kreuzberger]

My anarcho-crank interlocuter ... historic quotes ... fascism ...

We have the Stolpersteine next door which bear witness to the difference between a public health emergency and industrialised genocide.

Why is it the everyone who bangs on about WW2 hasn't the faintest fucking clue about the reality of it?

[Boiler]

Apparently you have these in Germany to separate the vaccinated from the unvaccinated in supermarkets, Kreuzy...

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[kreuzberger]

Bollocks, I would hazard a guess, and I think I might have come across mainstream media reports if this had any merit.

Seemingly, a shop tried it in Romania. But, that's different.

Think about it; who in their right mind would effectively double range a store or risk halving their transaction value? It would be easier and less damaging to the bottom line to simply challenge customers for vax credentials at the door.

[Boiler]

My thoughts exactly.

Thank you, K.

I will now go and block this twat from my sight.

[zuriblue]

Apparently you have these in Germany to separate the vaccinated from the unvaccinated in supermarkets, Kreuzy...

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That looks like one of the fences across the land border with Switzerland when the first lockdown was on and the borders were closed. My Kanton backs onto the Gross Kanton so we saw that a bit. Even on the dams across the Rhein.

[Boiler]

On "booster" vaccinations, some welcome news:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59489988

Quite why the Beeb felt it necessary to have a SYB on this...

[Cyclist]

On "booster" vaccinations, some welcome news:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59489988

Quite why the Beeb felt it necessary to have a SYB on this...

Giving the unbalanced a platform to shriek their wibble provides balance, or something.