"Germany’s state and federal politicians are scrambling to put new Covid rules in place as the country experiences record case numbers, and a top virologist has warned that the nation’s pandemic death toll could double if sufficient measures are not taken." [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/world/europe/covid-germany-record-cases.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/world/europe/covid-germany-record-cases.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes)