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Disagreement and Dithering
The Failure of Germany's Coronavirus Strategy
Chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing for legal changes that would give the federal government more powers to stop the spread of the coronavirus. But the states are pushing pack.
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In normal times, this empty street in Hamburg's St. Pauli district would be filled with revelers.
Foto: Hanno Bode / imago images
Sascha Raabe, a Social Democratic (SPD) member of German parliament from the state of Hesse, knows what it’s like to have COVID-19. He caught the disease last fall and says it "really knocked him out” for six days. After three months, he still can’t taste properly and his sense of smell isn't back yet either, he says. Raabe is not one to minimize the dangers of the virus.