Welcome to the whack-a-mole stage of coronavirus

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Germany is back in crisis mode.

The country is trying to stop a new coronavirus outbreak from turning into a full-blown second wave of infections, after hundreds of people working at a meat processing plant in the western state of North-Rhine Westphalia became ill. It's a serious situation, but the German government isn't rushing to reintroduce the kind of strict nationwide lockdown measures it used to fight the virus earlier this year.

Instead, public health officials are hoping they will be able to contain the outbreak by introducing more nuanced local measures and going all in on testing and contact tracing. Their approach echoes similar tales from elsewhere.

Beijing introduced a partial lockdown last week when the first new outbreak emerged in the Chinese capital after 55 days free of new locally transmitted cases. In South Korea, local restrictions were reintroduced after a cluster of coronavirus cases emerged in Seoul's nightlife district last month.

It's a glimpse at what the new normal might look like -- a perpetual game of whack-a-mole in which authorities race to contain the virus as it pops up in new places.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/welcome-to-the-whack-a-mole-stage-of-coronavirus/ar-BB15UlpW?li=BBnb7Kz

Of course with the Trumpers involved it's more of a case of whacko-mole.

[Midnight Writer]

1. Can't whack a mole you don't see, and without comprehensive testing we are blind.

[genxlib]

2. We are not even there yet

Playing Whack-a-Mole requires that you first get all your Moles into their holes. Ours are still out running around with abandon.