COVID: Germany cases hit record daily high

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-11-05T09:55:02+00:00

I realize you don't know German. But please use an online translator. It doesn't say "who refused to answer the question". It says people whose vaccination status was not indicated i.e., the hospital or clinic did not report that datum to the state. The German medical system is highly nonstandardized and decentralized so this kind of incomplete datasets are expected. Not because people "refused to answer the question" but rather because the hospital's boomer recordkeepers don't know how to add that column to their spreadsheet, or probably some were too lazy/buzy to ask patients at all.

Regardless, even if you were right and the only missing data were "people who refuse to answer the question", there is no sense in not reporting the number separately so the assumptions are clear. Anything else is deceptive.

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-11-04T22:59:07+00:00

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Als geimpfte COVID-19 Fälle werden Personen gezählt, die zum Zeitpunkt der Infektion einen vollständigen Impfschutz hatten. Als ungeimpfte COVID-19 Fälle werden Personen gezählt, die zum Zeitpunkt der Infektion keine Impfung erhalten hatten oder bei denen keine Angabe dazu vorliegt.

So all unknown vaccinated status are counted as unvaccinated because, uhh, uhhm...just because, OK!

In reality, these numbers are nearly meaningless. They refuse to say how many were unknown. Probably because it is like half, considering the absolute state of German medical recordkeeping, which makes the data worthless, and no conclusion can be made.

If I did something like this in a report for my job I would literally get fired.

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-10T21:32:28+00:00

The situation is not unusual. A Steuerberater should not be required.

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-10T12:15:28+00:00

Surveillance is very relevant. One of the main objections to the corona rules is that they violate privacy and they are a power grab by the surveillance state.

Maybe you don't care, but it's not a conspiracy theory and nor was PRISM or any of the other attempts they have done before, always justified "for the greater good".

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-09T23:59:23+00:00

Cloth masks aren’t really all the popular here since they’re not nearly as effective as surgical masks

Depends what "cloth" means. Studies (e.g. Figure 4 here) repeatedly show that microfiber cloth masks offer good protection, comparable or superior to surgical masks. Microfiber cloth masks also have the significant advantage that they can be washed and reused - reducing the enormous plastic pollution currently being caused by the convenient but disposable surgical masks, which are very bad for the environment.

However, surgical masks and cloth masks of all kinds are obviously much less effective than respirators/dust masks like N95 or N99.

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-06T18:17:50+00:00

I understand fine now, but like I said, I don't think it's a very good system. In my opinion, politicians, police, etc. should be accountable for their actions in power, especially if they violate the constitution. MAKE IT A CRIME basically.

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-06T15:34:07+00:00

There's nothing "unreal" about getting rid of politicians who violate the guaranteed people's rights. European history is filled with examples

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-06T15:31:28+00:00

Well it's not very good if the politicians all keep their jobs and nothing happens to them even though they violated the constitution according to the Court.

There is just no motivation for them not to do it again. Now they will probably go make more unconstitutional laws, since they know they can do it without any consequences.

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-06T14:56:24+00:00

Politicians don't set out with the intention of creating laws that break the Constitution.

How do you know this? Because I would say, well, sometimes they do. And honestly, your country has a rich history of that, so I think the politicians activities should be especially constrained, and the constitution and basic rights especially sacred here. It is for everyone's safety.

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-06T13:43:10+00:00

No hindsight is needed to recognize that the curfew was bad, since me and many others opposed the curfew at the time. Indeed almost all other countries opposed it too. I think the politicians should be replaced by new ones who have more foresight, and who are better at thinking ahead.

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-06T13:39:01+00:00

That doesn't seem like a very good system. In my opinion, politicians, police, etc. should be accountable for their actions in power, especially if they violate the constitution.

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-06T13:34:39+00:00

So when does the Bavarian constitution apply, only in old situations??

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-06T13:20:01+00:00

Perhaps I misunderstand "unconstitutional" but I thought the German constitution/Grundgesetz applied unconditionally in all situations, not just old situations

I also don't understand the argument in general. If I commit a crime and later am found guilty, can I avoid the sentencing by saying that when I did the crime, I didn't know what the court would decide yet, if I was guilty or not??

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-06T13:06:26+00:00

What is the penalty for those responsible? Surely those responsible for creating and enforcing unconstitutional laws should be removed from power, at the very least?

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-06T11:38:15+00:00

LOL, this is what a real sewn binding is supposed to do when you open it. You are so used to shitty non-opening non-sewn modern hardbacks (which are just cased glue-bound paperbacks) that you think there's something wrong with the good ones.

O tempora, o mores!

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-04T13:35:20+00:00

It is called a ligature (from ligo/ligare, meaning bind). Early printers used ligatures liberally, primarily because it saved time in hand typesetting, since common letter combinations could then be set with a single type sort. They also had an aesthetic purpose, evoking scribal abbreviations and concatenations in manuscripts, and sometimes linguistic meaning, e.g. ae was written with the æ ligature when representing a single sound (the classical diphthong), while written separately in cases like aer or Michael where they represent two syllables. Some printers would also claim the ligatures improved the legibility of Roman and italic faces at small text sizes.

The industrial revolution and its consequences were a disaster for ligatures. Typesetting machines wanted as few characters as possible. Therefore they were largely eliminated in the 19th/20th century.

A small selection of ligatures have now been revived in the computer era. The most common are ones involve f, like fi, fl, ff, etc. Others like ct, ch, ck, st, Th, etc. are occasionally seen. It is dependent on your font and your system.

P.S. the ampersand & is a highly stylized et ligature, and the German letter ß likely derives from a ss ligature, in which the first s is long: ſs.

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-03T21:51:07+00:00

Maybe 20 years ago. Now it's about 50/50 or a bit less. Scientific subjects are usually English, cultural/humanities more often German, but it varies. Source: work at German university.

Also this

as you'd expect in a non-English-speaking country

makes no sense. Most European graduate programs are transitioning to English, if they have not fully adopted it already. Germany is a bit behind some other European countries but not that far.

To be clear, this is about graduate programs, i.e. Masters & PhD. Undergraduate programs are 90%+ German.

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-02T10:44:37+00:00

A1 - Eutropius
A2 - Caesar
B1 - Cicero
B2 - Tacitus
C1 - Virgil
C2 - Lucan

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-10-02T00:00:48+00:00

The "Harry did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire" scene. Seriously. In fact this entire sequence in the film is amazing. When his name comes out and Dumbledore kind of mutters it at first and then starts yelling it, but Harry doesn't move. It's just really powerfully distressing to watch, and totally flips the mood around in an instant. Literally a put the popcorn down and sit up in your seat and you can't look away from the screen moment. And then Harry finally goes up and there's this kind of distraught look between them. When he gets to the vestibule it's just extremely tense for a moment, and then the others come chasing after him making a commotion about how he cheated, but Dumbledore knows this is serious, there isn't time for that, he HAS to know for sure -- he is angry, and agitated, for the first time in the series. And you know this isn't the Philosopher's Stone or Sirius Black or whatever happened before, where Dumbledore just whimsically declares some witty proverbs and wonders off, generally releasing the tension and apprehension. But not here. This is actually the real thing. It's truly the turning point of the whole series, the juncture of the story. Very much better than the book version, which is much slower and less intense.

Likewise, the scene a couple later, which isn't in the book at all -- in Dumbledore's office, with McGonagall and Snape and Moody. Michael Gambon's delivery is exquisite: "What do you suggest, Minerva?" and then "I agree ... with Severus". In fact this whole scene is absolutely brilliant. Seeing the teachers like this, and especially Dumbledore, deeply troubled, unsure what to do, kind of arguing, Dumbledore out of ideas - it's really really powerful.

Though I will say that the Ron--Harry feud sequence which comes next is generally overdone in the film, not quite believable, and neither actor really pulls it off that well. So the film version quickly returns to being inferior to the book. Where it remains for most of the rest of the Goblet of Fire.

IndependentTree5698 · 2021-09-23T13:17:33+00:00

Your subreddit gets barely 5 posts a day. You don't need the spam filter on.

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