Corona stole the Oktoberfest from Munich.
But what about in 2021?
Chancellor Merkel is dampening hopes for mass vaccinations.
Wiesn hosts don't believe in a normal festival.
Munich - The
corona situation
does not want to relax.
After what was actually a very relaxed summer - in line with the pandemic - the second wave hit harder than many people probably thought.
In Munich * the numbers have left the exponential growth *, but strictly do not want to go down significantly.
The only hope many people have for normalcy: The
vaccines
.
But how normal can our life be?
And especially when?
A question that not only private individuals ask.
Culture
and
gastronomy in
particular
despair of it.
So do the
Oktoberfest hosts
.
It will be an
Oktoberfest
give in 2021?
The operators have now given their assessments - and are more realists than optimists.
Corona: will Oktoberfest take place in 2021?
Merkel dampens vaccine hopes
Chancellor
Angela Merkel
(66, CDU) warned on Wednesday (December 2nd): "We have to get through the winter without being able to rely on the fact that we
already
have a
large number of vaccines
." .
The question that arises for the upcoming
Oktoberfest
is: Will the
vaccine
arrive
early enough
to celebrate the big festival in autumn next year?
Last year,
Munich's Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter
(SPD) had to announce the decision against the Oktoberfest in April.
"That may be in April, but perhaps in May or June," said Dieter Reiter against
bild.de
.
Wiesn
host Edi Reinbold (76) from the
Schützenfestzelt
is
still optimistic
about the
newspaper
: "I am preparing for the Oktoberfest, but I don't think it can take place in 2021 as it used to be." Günter Steinberg (80) from the
Hofbräuzelt
is Compared to
bild.de a
little more realistic: "I hope that the Oktoberfest will take place in 2021, but I
see a bit of black
."
Corona: Oktoberfest hosts desperate - "I see a bit black"
Stephanie Spendler (53) from the
Löwenbräuzelt
cannot even forget about the Oktoberfest at night.
“The question of whether the vaccination is too late and whether the vaccine is working is one that I ask myself.
I sometimes even work up the topic in dreams.
One thing is clear: the Oktoberfest can only take place if
Corona is
history.
We hope and fear, ”Spendler told the newspaper.
Only corona-vaccinated people for Oktoberfest?
Munich's mayor rider gives a clear rejection
So the question is whether there will be enough vaccinations by autumn to restore a safe situation.
But can it be that only
vaccinated people
are allowed to go
to the Oktoberfest this year
?
In response to a request from bild.de, OB Reiter gave the concept a (preliminary) rejection: "I can
hardly imagine it
personally
," said the OB.
Economy Minister Hubert Aiwanger (49, Free Voters) also rejects this to the paper: “It cannot be that whoever is vaccinated gets the green card.
That would be
compulsory vaccination through the back door
. ”*
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