I thought you were about 40?

First quote isn't from me.

And I am 40 as of Sunday - being a senior citizen isn't the only risk category.

Really stupid to do nothing and then come out with this. Closing "non-essential" shops is pure economic damage with little upside. Why didn't they just act in time and proportionately - ie tier 1 about a month ago.

This tier thing - it'll just end up bouncing all over the place without much rhyme or reason - like in the uk. Pretty disappointed in CH.

Here's Nicola Sturgeon in her usual 'plain speaking' emphasising the need for face coverings or
face masks when going out and about in supermarkets in Scotland or elsewhere including abroad.

Nichola Sturgeon's hilarious briefing on face masks

Janey Godley is about as funny as a burning orphanage

Closing the primary schools doesn't help... the parents need to work so the kids will end up with the grandparents who are in the risk group.

I was surprised by that comment too. With the exception of Saturdays Bern has much longer opening hours than Neuchâtel and I would always nip over the border for stuff in the evenings when the shops were already closed here.

With the exception of Thursday and Friday, every Migros and Coop in the Altstadt closes at 19:00, in Bümpliz it was the same as was in Monbijou/Weissenbühl. Even then, the Friday hours were not universal and limited to the big shops. Some Voi may close at 19:30 but most close at 19:00.

I know only know of one tiny Coop in Langasse that for some reason was open until 20:00 every day.

Of course, you could always go to the train station, which had reasonable hours.

Source: I've across Bern and I would often return from work after 19:00 and shopping was a pain.

Or home alone.

Tom

Or, just don't go to school.

Tom

Because kids and the adults they are in contact with only go to school and nowhere else, right?

That lovely big Coop as you exit the train station into the old town is open till 20:00 ... I commute from Zurich and it is my saving grace. (At least not during COVID-19 times.)

For older kids, home-alone can work but not the younger ones.

And all of that could be avoided for the most part if BAG made home office mandatory and not just a "recommendation".

Better to pass Corona to your own grandparents (keep it in the family) than to poor innocent strangers on the bus

Todays published numbers are 4271 out of 41 k tests.

187 hospitalisations
103 death

https://www.covid19.admin.ch/fr/overview

Is that a drop? Sigh, you need to do your job properly, some context, like last single day number etc you are not getting paid by Editor bob to drip feed us info
Edit- Ok last single day number we had - Thursday, 5041 Fälle

One week ago: 4262/195/92

What's the point in doing anything now? Looking around Europe it's clear that tiers don't work, with Christmas 9 days away, there's little point in implementing anything at the moment as there will almost certainly be a relaxation over Christmas anyway. Numbers are flat so let's just carry on without damaging the economy during some of the most important weeks of the year.

It's dark, but funny.

https://twitter.com/miguelrcmota/sta...026480644?s=20

THis exactly ..

We're due a big jump in numbers January any from all the permitted festivities and the ski resorts will have been busier etc.

May as well wait under the official 3rd wave ..