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by mightyRodri 2029 days ago
One dozen != 100. Germany is seeing a flattening curve right now after the last countys have enforced masks in the workplace.

Are you implying the measures are to purposefully infect risk groups?

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The curve flattens naturally at some point, always after “something” has been done. That does not mean these two things are related to any significant degree.
The number of of actively infected non-quarantined people is relevant. Take a look at RKI-dashboard for Jena. This Jena paper is a serious fake.

I think mask measures are not working correctly - all the masks are way too dirty - effects are most likely going in the wrong direction.

Getting good data to evaluate measures currently isn't easy. Some curves using "reporting date" look seriously different than curves using "date of death".

NRW is a big region of Germany and still has some good data. The RKI numbers and date of death numbers fit, RKI is lagging only a few days. https://www.lzg.nrw.de/inf_schutz/corona_meldelage/index.htm... https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19-Pandemie_in_Deutschla...

If you look at death 7-day averages NRW has an awful bend upwards - exactly where the new effects of masking/lockdowns should be.

Positive trend-changes of the first mask mandate are non-existent - there's only a small move in the wrong direction (date of death 26.Mai).