Good point. The potential H2H variant could render the current H5N1 vaccine useless.

Lol at “commie flat”. The little I’ve seen has been a damn sight better than section 8 housing (welfare housing) in the US. The social housing often seems to be in crummy neighborhoods no matter where you go , though.

It is absolutely horrible.

That was my (uneducated) understanding. I’m wondering what “roof” one would keep or end up with.

Thank you for the reply.

“Uniquely fucked”

A level of backhanded exceptionalism only we can admire.

Thank you for the answer.

I have a relative there who has private insurance on top of state(?) insurance and tends to denigrate the national insurance or care as being inadequate. He also has cancer. I’m not sure what the benefits are as he obviously has to pay extra for it vs the relatively minor fees for the national option.

Is any German in fear of losing their home/flat due to that loss of income? I assume one gets social housing provided, so they’re not in danger of being on the street, but all the same it would be traumatic to be evicted.

(Reading my comments myself it shows the difference between here and there. We live in fear of losing everything as much if not more than we fear serious illness)

I don’t mean to sound insensitive, but what effect is this having on your finances and living conditions? As an American, such a diagnosis would be doubly awful knowing the toll on the family finances on top of knowing it’s a fatal condition.

Knowing fate is knocking at your door far too soon is awful, and I’m very sorry you and your family have to deal with this.

They’ll just keep the money and ask for a tax break too.