“Corona, what is it?” This impression arises when looking at the crowds that crowd at the Cologne Carnival.
There is heavy criticism on Twitter for this.
Cologne - The new carnival season opened on Thursday at 11.11 a.m. with thousands of celebrants.
In Cologne, where the eleventh eleventh is traditionally celebrated particularly large, the waiting people sometimes stood in queues for hundreds of meters.
Although the 2G rule applied everywhere, many people found the gatherings in view of the increasing corona numbers.
Because in Germany the pandemic situation is currently worsening massively.
You really don't have to be a black painter to believe that such pictures will look even more disturbing in retrospect than they are now.
Oh leeve jott.
https://t.co/hkl761Pz4J
- Olaf Gersemann (@OlafGersemann) November 11, 2021
The journalist and author Olaf Gersemann commented under a video of the Kölner Stadt-Anzeer: “You really don't have to be a black painter to believe that such images look even more disturbing in retrospect than they are now.” There are countless people in the video to be seen celebrating crowded together in the city.
One user agreed with Gersemann: “That's crazy, irresponsible.” Another user was outraged: “And the poor nurses on the emergency service.
Everything crazy! "
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Carnival despite Corona in Cologne: "Irresponsible what's going on"
Some users go one step further: “For many, everything will really be over on Ash Wednesday. Irresponsible what's going on ”, complains one user. The organization of the event is also questioned. “Can the police in North Rhine-Westphalia explain how 2G is controlled there?” Asks one commentator. However, some do not fully understand the excitement and are amazed: "They are all vaccinated."
Jan Böhmermann sees it very differently and mocks “Alaaf!
Today as a 'sexy nurse' on Zülpicher Straße, at Christmas as a 'sexy intubate' in the university clinic! ”According to
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The Kölner Stadtanzeiger itself also commented on the debate in its post.
“On the Internet, criticism of the partying on Zülpicher Straße is loud.
The opening of the carnival session takes place in Cologne despite the increasing number of infections. "
Corona pandemic: crowds celebrate in Cologne - mayor justifies herself
The city of Cologne also commented on the event. "The rush is great, but manageable," said a spokesman for the city of Cologne. “There is pressure on the locks.” One now has to wait to see how things go on. The Mayor of Cologne, Henriette Reker, told the German Press Agency: "All restaurateurs, all organizers and we as a city have taken numerous measures to make celebrations as safe as possible." Countless people had waited a long time to hear the carnival songs live again can and not only in the live stream. Many international guests came especially for the carnival.
The singer Peter Brings from the Kölschrock band of the same name said that Corona was somewhere in your head, but he hoped that everything would go well anyway.
“We have to learn to live with it.
I think: We'll get a lot sicker if we just stay seated in our booths, ”said Brings on WDR television.
“The soul is destroyed.
Mine at least. ”(Jv)
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