Day 9 of "isolation."

[DFW]

5. Germany is, at least.

The penalties for ignoring the rules regulating outside contact were just published in the Düsseldorf paper today.

Fines from a minimum of €200 all the way up to €25,000. In cases of serious violations, even jail sentences of up to five year are possible. In Germany, you don't even get that for homicide. It's the typical sentence for armed robbery (for unarmed robbery, they let you off with a warning, and that is NOT a joke). One guy was just convicted of murdering his wife and burying her body in a canal. He got eight years. That was in the same paper as the new rules about contact with other people.

We all hope the restrictions bear some real fruit, because if they don't, there will be a lot of politicians looking for work after the next election.