So far, the corona contact restrictions decided by the federal and state governments have been fairly easy to see through: At private meetings, a maximum of five people from a maximum of two households plus children up to the age of twelve are allowed. However, so that no one has to be alone at Christmas, there are exceptions in some places and explaining them is much more complicated.
Statista, an online statistics portal, has tried it graphically, but the result causes a lot of confusion on social media.
The short version of the Christmas contact restrictions reads: From December 24th to 26th, five people from five households, plus children up to 14 years of age, can meet. However, meetings in your own household with up to four close relatives and their household members as well as their children up to the age of 14 are also permitted – these can be parents, grandparents or siblings. Sounds complicated.
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Statista has tried to process this in a graphic that shows “with whom you can spend the festival this year”.
Four “celebration variants” are shown, the Statista also explains on its homepage:
- Celebration variant 1: An older couple can celebrate with their two adult children plus all grandchildren, provided that these grandchildren are under 14 years of age. In this case, a third child with their own household is not allowed to celebrate Christmas.
- Celebration variant 2: If a child over 18 years old still lives in the couple’s household, two other children and their partners and the grandchildren (again only under 14 years of age) may come to Christmas.
- Celebration variant 3: If the couple has a child with their own household, no other relatives from the so-called sideline may join them. Such a relative would be the husband’s brother, for example.
- Celebration variant 4: At Christmas parties with friends, a maximum of five people from two households are allowed to celebrate together.
The explanation of the individual variants is halfway understandable, the graphics alone obviously not. A user published the infographic on Twitter, and the comments made one thing above all else: perplexity.
“I’ve been staring at it for a minute now and I’m still no smarter. I feel a bit more stupid for that, ”writes one user. Another says: “I’m too stupid and have too little attention span to even begin to understand something.” And one user comments: “I won’t even try to understand that;
The graphic at the end should definitely have one thing clear: The rules for private meetings at Christmas are indeed complicated.
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