Corona party

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The term corona party established itself during the COVID-19 pandemic ("corona crisis") in the German-speaking area as a catchphrase to denote a social get-together despite or because of a state-ordered mass quarantine ("lockdown"). It was irrelevant whether the group met in clubs, private apartments or in public places. The reports often cited as participants teenagers who got together for parties instead of staying at home because of the general school closings . Police reports and the mass media sometimes used the term in quotation marks. Some politicians sharply criticized such events. They were also sanctioned as violations of the Corona ordinances issued . Statistics on the frequency of corona parties are not yet available.

Examples

There are occasional police and media reports about "corona parties". Statistics on the total number or frequency or scientific studies are not yet available. There are also statements in the media from party participants who retrospectively regretted their behavior, such as the example of a German exchange student in Italy and of students in a Stuttgart shared apartment.

Even before the stricter measures such as the closings of schools and restaurants, there were infections in clubs. According to the website of the federal capital (March 15) there were 263 infections with the corona virus in Berlin. 42 of these were due to events in a club.

On March 19, 2020, the Schwäbische Post reported about 40 young people who had met in Heubach . The party was reported by a caller shortly before 3 p.m. The police arrived with several patrol cars and instructed the young people, who had shown their understanding and left the place voluntarily.

On March 19, 2020, the police informed that they had ended corona parties in several cities in Baden-Württemberg . The young people were between 15 and early 20s. Most would have shown understanding. They celebrate in schoolyards, barbecue areas and in parks. Police chief Reinhard Renter asked the legal guardians to influence their children.

According to Süddeutsche.de (March 19), the police in the Fünfseenland (to which Lake Starnberg belongs) not only broke up corona parties. Young people barbecuing and mothers with children in playgrounds were also sent home. The police warned innkeepers who did not close their restaurant at 3 p.m. at the latest and a lottery shop owner whose business was still open after 5:30 p.m. A landlord at the Starnberg Seebahnhof had asked his guests to leave at around 8:15 p.m. The police were lenient as the stricter rules only came into effect on March 18. In principle, however, reports can be made and fines can be imposed.

Also on March 20, the Berlin-Brandenburg radio reported that the police had repeatedly broken up such parties over the past few nights. Some young attendees told the TV station they felt healthy and believed that none of them had the coronavirus. According to RBB, the young people meet on Facebook for “Corona holiday parties”. Certain places in Berlin are particularly popular. For example, on April 9th, the police in Mannheim broke up a "Corona Party" of five men in a restaurant.

The ORF reported on a meeting with loud music by four men on Saturday, March 21, 2020 in a club in Heiligenkreuz am Waasen . The police broke up the celebration and reported the men. The participating Styrian member of the state parliament Gerhard Hirschmann (FPÖ) was sharply criticized within the party and by other parties and thereupon resigned his state parliament mandate. The criminal case against Hirschmann was discontinued.

In August 2020 it became known that Hamburg's Senator for the Interior Andy Grote ( SPD ) had violated the Senate 's Corona Containment Ordinance , which he was a member of at the time, with a private celebration on the occasion of his reappointment to office in June 2020 and thus committed an administrative offense . The responsible authority imposed a fine of 1,000 euros on Grote, which Grote immediately paid to admit his guilt . Opposition representatives in Hamburg criticized Grote's lack of sense of responsibility and his political lack of credibility as a Senator for the Interior and demanded his immediate resignation or his dismissal by the First Mayor and Prime Minister Peter Tschentscher (SPD). Neither Grote nor Tschentscher followed suit.

Legal

The legal assessment of a celebration depends on the legal system.

Austria

In Austria it depends, among other things, on whether the celebration is held in public space or on private property. The Wiener Zeitung reports that the Austrian COVID-19 regulations do not provide a basis for prohibiting a party on private property. If action is taken against such a celebration, the Ministry of the Interior says it is because of other reasons such as noise pollution. The constitutional lawyer Andreas Janko also sees a loophole: A corona party, for example, is irresponsible, but not always forbidden: For example, anyone who visits flatmates in a multi-party house does not have to cross a public place.

Netherlands

According to Dutch newspapers, too , there is some confusion about what exactly is prohibited. There is only one recommendation from the cabinet not to receive more than three guests at home. The distance rule of one and a half meters applies to them. Justice Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus commented that one should not celebrate a bigger party if the apartment is too small for the distance. According to the Algemeen Dagblad , the police do not have the right to simply enter a house (for control purposes).

Motifs

According to FAZ , some people let themselves

“Reluctantly take partying. Some celebrate despite the risk of infection, others celebrate precisely because of that. Because after an illness you would be immune and could live normally again - at least that is the assumption. With privately organized, so-called "Corona parties", some people turn this plan into reality. "

The idea is that if you consciously become infected, you will be immune. Finally, researchers said that the new virus tends not to do much harm in healthy people under the age of 60. However, according to the NZZ : "In rare cases, young people can also become seriously ill or die, and such behavior puts the risk groups at risk."

The social psychologist Margarete Boos told the NDR that people have social needs that cannot be easily controlled. If people believed their freedom was being restricted, they could react unreflectively with defiance. Young people in particular find it difficult to postpone the fulfillment of wishes. They also take more risk than older people.

Reactions

The Vice President of the Robert Koch Institute , Lars Schaade , warned of "corona parties" in your own four walls. "Please, do not do that. Limit social life. "

The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) said on March 19, 2020: "We have received news that there are corona parties among young people [...]". He pointed out that parents and grandparents could be infected - “who would want to be responsible for it?” Two days earlier he had already said: “Sorry, but that doesn't work […]. That is a real hazard. "

Berlin Health Senator Dilek Kalayci (SPD) said on March 21, 2020:

"[...] I repeat it again and again: It's not the time for parties! Neither in clubs nor in parks. [...] There is still an attitude among some young people according to the motto: 'Then we just get infected, because with a mild course of the disease it is over for us.' But nobody can guarantee you that! […] But there is also the other side of Berlin: Many young people are very responsible, offer themselves to help out their neighbors, and are very social. There is also this solidary side of the city. "

The Berlin State School Students Committee warned to observe the exit restrictions. It is an "irresponsible imposition towards the rest of the population" to invite to Corona parties. One should only exchange digital ideas.

In Bento , on the other hand, two authors asked how many celebrations there actually were. In her opinion, there is “a lot of hearsay, few documented cases”.

The Dutch security authorities have agreed on an emergency ordinance in which Coronafeestjes are explicitly mentioned. Student houses, garages and sheds are named as examples of the location.

Linguistic

The term "corona party" has been registered in language dictionaries or sites for language monitoring. The DWDS defined: "a privately organized party that is held during the corona crisis while circumventing measures to contain the corona virus". The Dutch taalbank von Ton den Boon, editor-in-chief of Dikke Van Dale, has included several synonyms in its Corona dictionary: coronafeestje , anticoronafeest , lockdownparty . The latter is followed by the explanation that it is a party organized and attended by people who do not take a lockdown seriously.

Coronaparty was voted the Austrian nonsense of the year 2020 .

The term corona party was also used sarcastically for conditions in refugee camps in Greece .

See also

supporting documents

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  2. ↑ Bild.de: We are ashamed of our Corona party , March 21, 2020, accessed on March 21, 2020.
  3. ↑ 17 of 48 people infected with coronavirus in Berlin attended the “Trompete” club , March 10, 2020, accessed on March 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ Berlin.de: “It's just not the time for parties” , March 15, 2020, accessed on March 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ Wrong time: Police dissolve Corona party in Heubach , March 19, 2020, accessed on March 21, 2020.
  6. ↑ Baden's latest news: Police dissolve “Corona parties” in Baden-Baden, Bühl and Durmersheim , March 20, 2020, accessed on March 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ Christian Deussing: Police blow up several corona parties , Süddeutsche Zeitung from March 19, 2020, accessed on 2020.
  8. ↑ RBB24.de: Berlin police count almost 100 violations of Corona rules - Corona parties are still running , March 20, 2020, accessed on March 21, 2020.
  9. ↑ Five men celebrate “Corona Party” with marijuana , Die Rheinpfalz on April 10, 2020, accessed on April 10, 2020.
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  15. ^ Algemeen Dagblad: Kan de politie binnenvallen op mijn verjaardag? Negen vAGEN over het nieuwe coronabeleid , March 24, 2020, accessed on April 15, 2020.
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  17. ↑ NZZ: Under no circumstances should a corona party be held now , March 16, 2020, accessed on March 22, 2020.
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