“The (dis) empowered citizen” by Matthias and Daniela Wöhrl from the Marc O’Polo store in Schweinfurt – local news from the city and district of Schweinfurt

“Isn’t it my own decision whether I go to the restaurant, the theater, the swimming pool or a clothing store or shoe store and expose myself to the risk of being infected with a virus and possibly dying from it or possibly having only minor symptoms? Or whether I, as an actor in a large theater, perform a play on stage to which either no spectators or spectators with FFP2 masks come and I can earn my living?

There are entrepreneurs who have successfully operated their retail business for generations, regardless of whether it is clothing, electrical appliances, shoes, household items or a department store. And it is precisely these entrepreneurs who are now being driven into bankruptcy with their eyes wide open. They have been successful up to now and are now threatening to slip into the Hartz 4 track due to the devastating decisions of our politicians, from which they will never come out of the way it once was.

Imagine you are standing in front of an abyss that goes 20 meters down. They know that if they fall or jump down there, then they are either dead or they injure themselves – easily or maybe more – seriously, but they survive! At the same time someone is standing in front of you holding a gun to their head and saying: “Jump down or you will get a headshot!”

What would you do if only these 2 options existed? Unfortunately there are a lot of citizens, entrepreneurs, freelancers and artists or simply those affected by the pandemic in our ranks who say: “Better to be shot in the head!”

I know we want to protect the old and the weak. So why aren’t we open every day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. only for the elderly and the weak, or appropriate events in the morning and from 1 p.m. for everyone who wants to make their own decisions? Why aren’t we shown any other options than just completing everything?

Ms. Merkel does not sit in the back of the car every time she drives and keeps saying that I should drive carefully, otherwise the hospitals are overloaded if too many people cause an accident at once.

Why am I not allowed to meet my friends? Can’t we decide for ourselves whether we are so unreasonable and (possibly) bring the virus home with us and then put my siblings, parents or grandparents in danger? I have to live with it and not our politicians! Why do all other sensible people have to suffer or lose everything they have built up in their lives for a few unreasonable ones?

To come back to everyone financially affected by the pandemic. What use is it to the state if a large number of those affected end up in social welfare after the pandemic? What does that cost the state then? How many of them will choose the path to suicide or become so seriously mentally ill that nothing more can be done than vegetating in poverty!

For what reasonable reason am I allowed to shop in a crowded supermarket, but not go to an (almost empty) clothing or shoe store and shop there?

With our company, which was very healthy until the beginning of the pandemic, we have now reached a threshold – I don’t think I have to describe it to anyone here. Anyone with common sense can imagine the situation we are in.

But we, my wife and I, we won’t get shot in the head! We take each other by the hand and jump down the 20 meters with all our courage! Please fight with us against this madness! (Thanks Markus Wolf) “, write Matthias and Daniela Wöhrl, entrepreneurs with a heart and one, Marc O’Polo Store in Schweinfurt, and add:” May be shared! “

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