Journalist lands in Munich and falls away from faith after taking the subway
Journalist Mattheis fuels the debate about the mask requirement on Twitter. He claims to have discovered a contradiction – there is support from his community.
Munich – As is so often the case, the current Bavarian corona policy is the subject of much discussion. In politics, too, there is a dispute about the right amount of rules. CSU politician Klaus Holetschek, for example, recently made statements about this art. The mask requirement, a measure that continues to apply nationwide, has long since ceased to be undisputed. At German airports, for example, it has not been valid since October – but this is different in Munich’s local public transport system. An incomprehensible contradiction for journalist Philipp Mattheis.
“Without any basis”: Corona mask requirement in Munich’s public transport causes incomprehension
The journalist reported via Twitter about a personal experience that irritated him a bit. In the discourse about dying current Corona rules It is above all the conflicting provisions that make Mattheis doubt politics. “Nothing new, but still crazy,” writes the journalist: “Three hours on the plane without a mask, then the subway guard in Munich will happily check the passengers to see if the masks are on properly.”
Equally “ridiculous”, as one Twitter commentator put it, is when train passengers leave a neighboring European country and then re-enter Germany. While in many other European countries only a recommendation is made, travelers crossing the national border must put on the mask again. Philipp Mattheis, among other things a former journalist for the Southgerman newspaper or die WirtschaftsWocheThe Corona legislation is now met with great incomprehension.
Picked up on the plane, still mandatory in the subway: Masks are mandatory in Bavaria
A medical mask is sufficient in public transport, but one is required in clinics, long-distance trains, nursing homes or medical practices FFP2 mask. This emerges from the provisions of the now 17th Bavarian Infection Protection Measures Ordinance. Critics find it difficult to understand that wearing a mask is still mandatory in many parts of everyday life.
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The other side of the discourse – represented here by the professor and virologist Franz-Xaver Reichl, who works at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich – counters: “Especially in traffic, the risk of commuter traffic without a mask is high.” Mattheis essential hook that. with the lifting of the mask requirement, which has been in effect since October 1st, an objection corona– Public transport measures would exist, Reichl would counter. “The air is cleaned on airplanes, where you would have to cough on someone directly to infect them.”
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The legal situation surrounding the obligation to wear masks continues to polarize – this was impressively documented once again in the journalist’s tweet. However, it is quite possible that the criticism from Mattheis and Co. will soon have an effect. According to a proposal by Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU), the mask requirement could be lifted as early as December 9th – that is when the current Corona regulation expires. Simultaneously with the promulgation of End of the obligation to isolate the latest date given at the beginning of January 2023 was the mask in Bavaria should please. The recommendation remains – but traveling by train and bus without a mask would then no longer cost 250 euros.