FREMO and Coronavirus Pandemic

Dear members,

we have discussed the current situation in the FREMO board, taking into account the opinions of virologists, the planning of politicians and the calculations of mathematicians.

For example, here are the calculations of TU Berlin professor Kai Nagel for Cologne: covid-sim.info/cologne/2021-12-16/1% 3

Yesterday, the German Conference of Minister Presidents decided to introduce far-reaching contact restrictions from 28 December. No end date for these restrictions was mentioned. For some German states, these contact restrictions do not go far enough and other states are already introducing this before 28 December.

We therefore decided yesterday that all FREMO presence events will be cancelled with immediate effect. This concerns module meetings, hobby meetings and regulars’ tables.

The local organisers are asked to cancel all date reservations and to inform all registered members.

We as the FREMO board will reassess the situation in the first week of February. Should it become apparent by then that the Omikron infection wave is more harmless and that the legal framework allows it across the board, then we will again approve smaller FREMO events from March onwards. However, we do not expect this to happen.

Please make active use of our online offers. If necessary, we can also provide a second zoom channel.

Best regards,

Heiko