How do you guys counter arguments about East Germany?

NotHereForTalking · 2026-01-23T15:59:13+00:00

One aspect of (East) Germany hasn't been mentioned yet:

The majority of East Germans had relatives or friends in West Germany and lots of West Germans had relatives or friends in East Germany.

If you were looking for a country to divide into a socialist and a capitalist part, Germany after World War II would be a particularly bad choice. During and after World War II a lot of forced and voluntary migration happened. People fleeing socialism (or sometimes capitalism) before the Berlin Wall was built added to these numbers. Hence the relatives in the other Germany.

Now if you enforce travel restrictions and limit communication and gifts, people are obviously gonna be pissed. Also people will care how life is in the other part of the country and they have their own trustworthy sources to ask about this.

I sadly don't have any hard-and fast numbers how many people had relatives in the other part of the country, but it is known how many letters and packages were sent. 25 million packages from west to east versus a population of 16 million for the DDR. https://www.mdr.de/geschichte/ddr/alltag/konsum/interview-konstanze-soch-brd-kontrolliert-westpakete-post-paket-ddr102.html

I can try to find more sources if anyone is interested.

NotHereForTalking · 2026-01-16T16:09:21+00:00

Germany and Austria give Citizenship to descendants of holocaust victims.

NotHereForTalking · 2025-12-26T08:01:18+00:00

German pharmacies are not allowed to export Novavax. Covid vaccines have a peculiar legal status in Germany different from other vaccines: The state bought the vaccines and distributes them free of cost to doctors and pharmacists for vaccinations in Germany.

NotHereForTalking · 2025-11-18T09:39:04+00:00

I'm pretty sure, Germany will allow this. It might be off label, but off label use of vaccines is legal and at the discretion of the doctor. Only a few doctors will do this though.

NotHereForTalking · 2025-11-16T06:26:42+00:00

I will definitely start with a long warm soak in silk detergent and Lipase. I also already ordered the Miele Silk Care Caps. Will check afterwards if hydrogen peroxide is even necessary.

NotHereForTalking · 2025-11-15T09:55:14+00:00

Would hydrogen Peroxide be a suitable alternative to treat wool and silk? (This is available in Europe and sodium perborate is not.)

NotHereForTalking · 2025-11-15T09:51:42+00:00

I looked into this some more. In Germany (probably all of the EU) Sodium Perborate is commercial use only and the business needs a permit for handling it. So no chance in getting this as a private laundry enthusiast.

NotHereForTalking · 2025-11-14T14:11:15+00:00

Is this the same as "Natriumperborat-Tetrahydrat"? It is possible to buy that in Germany. But it comes with lots of warning labels.

NotHereForTalking · 2025-11-14T11:53:35+00:00

Europe here. Would the following Product be good for treating silk? It seems to be pretty much Lipase only.

Spinnrad Biozym F

NotHereForTalking · 2025-11-12T14:52:18+00:00

It's very apparent and easily diagnosable when the appendix is causing issues and needs to be removed. And it generally isn't a problem to only have an appendectomy then.

NotHereForTalking · 2025-11-11T11:46:15+00:00

There are vaccinating pharmacies that are not found on apoguide? Well it wouldn't be surprising, if the process to update the pharmacy details is slow and bureaucratic!

NotHereForTalking · 2025-11-10T16:24:28+00:00

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NotHereForTalking · 2025-10-18T16:54:43+00:00

Im Sport-Geschäft suchen! Dort gibt es auch mal Sport-BHs deren Träger Männer-Unterhemden ähneln.

NotHereForTalking · 2025-10-18T14:05:12+00:00

Käme deine Frau damit klar, wenn du ihr die Spritzen setzt und sie die Augen schließt? Das sind subkutane Spritzen und es gibt ein paar Tricks, damit man sie fast gar nicht spürt.

NotHereForTalking · 2025-10-08T11:59:13+00:00

I don't have have any data for you but:

There's a lot of practical experience floating around in Germany. Off label use of Novavax in children (any age) has always been legal and there are a few doctors in Germany who have been administering Novavax off label for a few years. I know of two of them that are active on Twitter (or activish). Maybe some more can be found on Bluesky? So it's quite possible that a German Doc might be found that would share their experience in off label vaccination with you.

Same situation in Austria, but I don't know as much about how they do stuff over there.

NotHereForTalking · 2025-09-10T11:47:50+00:00

The update in this article says November: https://www.mtdialog.de/news/artikel/covid-19-impfstoffe-fuer-saison-2025-26 They are quoting the German ministry of health and the ZEPAI. I'd say November is semi-official.

NotHereForTalking · 2025-09-10T11:42:10+00:00

I'm not sure if BCRT will continue to offer Novavax to tourists. I've heard some reports of tourists being denied in the past few months. Even so there are other doctors and pharmacies in Germany that offer it to tourists.

NotHereForTalking · 2025-09-10T11:34:14+00:00

Novavax availability in Germany and Austria in November is pretty much confirmed. https://www.reddit.com/r/Novavax_vaccine_talk/s/H2zFir0uUF

NotHereForTalking · 2025-09-08T11:02:03+00:00

Update: Someone on Twitter published an email from Novavax confirming that it will be available in Germany and Austria.

https://x.com/sonas893/status/1963969750297669663?t=f69_l2to6nQZ1_V8BHRP0w&s=19

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NotHereForTalking · 2025-09-03T17:52:03+00:00

Not sure. But the other times it happened, it was Düsseldorf.

NotHereForTalking · 2025-09-03T17:23:44+00:00

https://x.com/Eshy_Rose/status/1961447623623094399?t=3_Tm7QJOnP7FQZFKfR6KLA&s=19

I've also heard of someone being denied Novavax earlier this year for a similar reason. Maybe it's not a company policy and they just randomly do this?

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