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Re:Merkel: Coronavirus is Germany′s greatest challenge since... by wheels on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:45PM (#22639590)
> It also shows that the administration was listening to experts right from the beginning [...]

In times like this, it doesn't hurt that Merkel is a scientist. (She's a former professor of quantum chemistry.)

That said, as another commenter pointed out, social distancing is barely a thing here at the moment, and I expect we'll wind up in full lock down as a result.

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Re:Merkel: Coronavirus is Germany′s greatest challenge since... by luckylion on Friday March 20, 2020 @03:15PM (#22640628)
> In times like this, it doesn't hurt that Merkel is a scientist. (She's a former professor of quantum chemistry.)

Her husband is/was. She's not a professor and not a chemist, she studied physics.

RE "social distancing": seems to be very different depending on where you are. It's pretty effective where I am, but I hear it's not in the large cities.

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Re:Merkel: Coronavirus is Germany′s greatest challenge since... by marton78 on Friday March 20, 2020 @03:18PM (#22640661)
She did her PhD in quantum chemistry though.
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