[leipert]

In Germany the pandemic had quite an impact. From 2019 to 2021 cash payments dropped by ~12%, down to 38% of transactions.

What’s more important, loads of shops eg bakeries have card terminals now.

Source: https://www.papershift.com/blog/die-kartenzahlung-ist-in-deu...

[netsharc]

Although the chances of formite transmission (i.e. through touch) is apparently quite low: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-r...

Disclaimer: Everyone seems to have their own level of risk tolerance/acceptance with Covid.