An interesting article that may shed some light on the differences between Germany and Italy. In part they attribute it to the different social behaviour of the age groups. Perhaps with the colder climate there is more of a tendency for older people to stay at home whereas the winter in Northern Italy has been particularly mild. In fact this winter is the first time I have not had to cover outside plants.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-...low-rates-in-other-countries-11584899757

Also to be noted is that Germany is in the grips of what has been reported as a flu epidemic with a significant jump in infections from early January and a larger than average death rate. One has to ask if perhaps some of those cases should have been attributed to CV19?

Peter

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