Colorful Garden Chat Picture Thread

I don’t understand the connection, sorry.

I take my hat off to all the people who are now nursing, caring, and medically active – often up to their limits. I really got sick when the whining started before Christmas, saying that you can’t properly celebrate Christmas "like this" anymore because you can’t all celebrate together anymore. I wondered how this whining must sound to an intensive care nurse who can’t think about HOW she would like to celebrate Christmas best, but whether she can even manage it between her shifts.

But the situation in the intensive care unit is such that our medical care is at its limit, and once again people who simply do not follow the rules are partly to blame.

And especially then I don’t understand why people can’t just restrict themselves a little now. I’m not claiming that this is fun. It’s probably not fun for anyone – but in my eyes it’s simply unavoidable right now, and when I see excursion destinations that are completely overcrowded and the result of such a day is that an already overstretched hospital then has to deal with a bunch of accident victims, at least MY understanding is zero.
There are other leisure options, and even if they are not so nice, hip, exciting, and en vogue – right now they are exactly what is still possible.

I also just can’t listen to the whining about lost years and everything that doesn’t work anymore. None of us chose this, but it is what it is. We have houses, apartments with heating, we have food, we don’t have to fear being bombed out – we just currently can’t do exactly what we would so much like to do for a foreseeable period of time. Not nice, but it could be much worse, I would say!

And when I then read: I live on the outskirts of town and have a garden – well then: use it! It should be enough for children. They primarily want to move, for that you don’t need snow, a toboggan run, or an ice skating rink, that works just fine.
I live near the mountains, I don’t have the 15km rule because our district is below the 200 incidence rate – but I still don’t go ski touring on well-known, less visited mountains nearby. I don’t want to take the risk of becoming a burden on a hospital with a broken leg or torn cruciate ligament. I go for walks, I occasionally risk a bike tour, and I watch my nieces and nephews sledding down the hill because they also can’t go skiing right now. We’re lucky to have snow right outside the door.
In summer we would have preferred the sea...

And with that, I'm out of here. I expose myself to a significantly increased risk of infection every day to keep things running in the medical field.

Thank you.

Living out our own freedom to the luxurious extent that we enjoy in Central Europe only works within a framework that enables it by creating and organizing a balance of interests with the freedom of others. Some have forgotten that, as part of this organization we call democracy, they bear a shared responsibility. This does not consist of occasionally going to vote, but above all in participating and taking an interest (in the true sense of the word inter (Latin for between) and esse (to be), thus "to be in between" – in other words to take part --> participate).
We have forgotten that we mostly live a life of privileges and have forgotten to distinguish the important from the desirable. I explicitly include myself here, because at the moment I often have to laugh at myself for how difficult I find some restrictions. Example: I can't take the motorhome to the workshop on Saturday because it is not within a 15 km radius. I found that really annoying. And then I had to laugh because the importance of that is really marginal when viewed objectively – just like a trip to Winterberg.

Are you sure you are not allowed to bring your motorhome to the workshop? With us, shopping is also allowed outside, and a repair is not a leisure activity. That is actually the only thing that is restricted.

I am not allowed to leave the 15 km radius for a non-essential trip, and that is understandable. The virus does not care for what reason it is being spread. The logical consequence is simply to have the repair done at a later time. The workshop is 120 km away. Besides, even if it were allowed, it would not be a considerate action. Not everything that is allowed is necessarily right. If I am honest, I have to admit that although I cannot do whatever I want, my life is not really restricted by it. The same applies to a sledding trip to Winterberg or something similar – just leave it be.

If you don’t need the motorhome, it’s not necessary. In the neighboring district, they are currently debating when it counts as a day trip or a sporting activity without the character of an excursion. At an incidence rate of over 300. For that, they are closing all public parking lots again.

The situation in the intensive care unit is such that our medical care is at its limit, and once again, people who simply do not follow the rules are to blame.

It’s not just the people who are to blame, but also the employees who let it happen to themselves and the bosses who increase their profits every year.

In March, it was said that we are doing so well because we have so many hospitals, but in summer there was suddenly talk again of closing them to be more economical.

For example, Helios made something around 1 billion in profit in 2019.