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I can only speak to Frankfurt (am Main) and Munich, but particularly in the last week as weather has improved the general public’s concern towards the virus seems to be very low. Shopping areas are swamped with people, walking around in groups, queueing outside stores with very little regard for keeping even a polite distance from other people (even without a pandemic). Anecdotally, in a train Station on Friday I was waiting outside a bubble tea shop for around 10 minutes, and perhaps 5-10% of people were wearing masks properly (if at all) and even attempting to keep more than a metre distance from other people.

Bars and clubs have for some reason re-opened contrary to rules set by the local governments, I have seen 0 proactive or reactive enforcement of any rules by police or other authorities.

Some places are enforcing mask use, in supermarkets for example every customer is required to wear a mask and take a trolley to try and keep distance between customers, but the number of people wearing masks only over their mouths and leaving their noses exposed, or simply abandoning their trolley once inside and moving very close to other people is very high.

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Indeed, the confused and fragmented situation caused by each county inside Germany having its own super-detailed and ridiculous rules is making compliance plummet.

The 1.5-2m idea is anyway a failure:

* first of all, it only allows one to dodge larger droplets.

* second of all, it's humanly impossible to respect this rule. When meeting acquaintances or friends there's a constant unconscious pull to get closer - in practice the distance is 70cm and often less. Crowded areas and narrow corridors or pathways make a mockery of it likewise.

The obsessive focus on hard to implement personal distancing and aversion to masks is embarrassing.