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Not all is well with Germany & #COVID19. Here is the governor of the German region where I live (NRW), blaming a recent outbreak on "Romanians and Bulgarians" working in a slaughterhouse 
https://twitter.com/georgrestle/status/1273363049752264704
https://twitter.com/georgrestle/status/1273363049752264704
This is misleading for several reasons. First of all Bulgaria and Romania have mostly fared better than Germany through the crisis https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=rou&areas=deu&areas=bgr&areasRegional=usny&areasRegional=usnj&cumulative=0&logScale=1&perMillion=1&values=deaths
Second the blame should be put on the well-known exploitative conditions in the German (cheap) meat industry, where foreign workers live in overcrowded conditions "like modern slaves" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/22/exploitative-conditions-germany-to-reform-meat-industry-after-spate-of-covid-19-cases
Also, we know from polls that the German public overrates their country's #COVID19 performance, while underrating that of other countries (see thread below). In this context, I worry that any resurgence will be framed as 'foreigner's fault' https://twitter.com/giulio_mattioli/status/1272444913632915456
It certainly gives plenty of scope to dog-whistle politics. (ends)
PS: if anything, there is evidence that this arrangement with seasonal workers played a role in spreading the virus from Germany to Romania https://www.rferl.org/a/romanian-migrants-get-covid-19-as-pandemic-exposes-bad-conditions-for-east-european-workers/30643195.html
PS2: NRW's Governor Laschet could well become Angela Merkel's successor at the helm of the CDU and the country's
