> In times like this, it doesn't hurt that Merkel is a scientist. (She's a former professor of quantum chemistry.) Her husband is/was. She's not a professor an

> In times like this, it doesn't hurt that Merkel is a scientist. (She's a former professor of quantum chemistry.) Her husband is/was. She's not a professor and not a chemist, she studied physics. RE "social distancing": seems to be very different depending on where you are. It's pretty effective where I am, but I hear it's not in the large cities.