There are already some critics saying that Merkel and the state governments are arrogant to open up so quickly. I think it's fine because we have a robust contingency plan.
Since we have not overwhelmed our healthcare system and have even ramped up its capability we'll have more capacity to test and trace on a local level. There are also explicit talks about raising health workers' pay. There is a fixed number of 50 cases per 100000 people in any given local district at which point that district will have to put in place harsher measures while every other part of Germany can continue as usual, while also doing extensive tracing. I think that's a really solid plan with a clear threshold.
It's basically what should be done in perpetuity until we find a vaccine or treatment. I hope in the coming months we'll be able to set the threshold lower.
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