One of the mysteries of mankind is that man is able to teach history but not able to learn from it. He repeats the same mistakes over and over, if only because he has not made them himself, but someone else. The British, for example.
They have just come to the realization that it was a mistake to let more spectators into Wembley Stadium for the final of the European Football Championship in July than they had originally planned, namely around 65,000, despite the increasing corona incidence numbers Data from the British health authority PHE now shows that almost ten percent of those present were most likely infectious or infected at the event. “This should be a warning to all of us,” said a PHE director when presenting the report.
That was obviously too late for Bavaria’s Ministry of Health last Thursday. In the Infection Protection Measures Ordinance, which has been in effect since Monday, it reacts with all sorts of restrictions and restrictions to the again increasing corona incidence figures, but grants the football relief and relaxation: The admissible number of spectators is increased from 35 to 50 percent of the stadium capacity and also decoupled from any incidence number.
You don’t need to fool yourself, even if the ministry’s press release on Friday speaks of “major sporting and cultural events” for which the easing applies: This is a Lex professional football, an exception for FC Bayern, TSV 1860, Türkgücü, for Greuther Fürth, 1. FC Nürnberg, Jahn Regensburg and whatever their names are. Which cultural events should these be, the capacity of which could be increased in the near future? In any case, no open-air concerts are planned in the Olympic Stadium in the foreseeable future.
The preferential treatment of football can hardly be explained sensibly, especially not parents. They are right to complain about the sometimes opaque and complicated regulations that now apply to their children when they are six years old.
If you understand a clarification from the Ministry on Monday correctly, then students do not have to show a negative test result during the holidays if they are regularly tested as part of school lessons, which in Bavaria only start again after the holidays. And what about a six-year-old who doesn’t start school until September? They should probably become a professional soccer player right away, just to have it easier.