When I was a little kid I asked my father once why there were large trucks driving around covering the streets with salt. "It's to keep the roads ice free." he

When I was a little kid I asked my father once why there were large trucks driving around covering the streets with salt. "It's to keep the roads ice free." he said. 'But dad, there's never ice one the roads here!', I responded. To which my dad says: "mhh, I guess we might as well stop with the salt then." ---- Just because the mayhem in Germany was prevented doesn't mean it wouldn't have happened if no measures were taken. I live in the Netherlands, and we just went into full lockdown again because we're running out of hospital capacity. Some cancer treatments and other non-Covid care have already been postponed / cancelled. Believe me when I tell you your politicians are right; it would be mayhem if nothing was done.