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I wonder if I can convince the SBB to refund my Non refundable Super Saver Ticket I purchased for the Geneva Auto Show.
(I work as a Software Developer at SBB and work on the system that does the refund process)
I wonder if I can convince the SBB to refund my Non refundable Super Saver Ticket I purchased for the Geneva Auto Show.
It will be refunded with the refund reason "Goodwill". (I work as a Software Developer at SBB and work on the system that does the refund process)
As a Swiss resident, I'm happy to see a federal-level decision that is effective immediately and made despite economic pressure to keep the status quo. Cancelled are the Geneva Auto Show (600k+ guests), Basel Fasnacht (carnival), and many other popular events (concerts and sporting events) with more than 1000 people.
In the press conference was said, that currently, they are worried about large events, where people are very near to each other for quite some time. But large train stations, like in Zurich, Bern or Basel, are not yet affected.
Also border controls do not seem to be affected. There are many people crossing borders to Italy or Germany for work by car or train.
All in all, I think the swiss government reacts very reasonably. But I also think that containing the spread already seems out of the question.
As a Swiss resident, I'm happy to see a federal-level decision that is effective immediately and made despite economic pressure to keep the status quo. Cancelled are the Geneva Auto Show (600k+ guests), Basel Fasnacht (carnival), and many other popular events (concerts and sporting events) with more than 1000 people.
Remember when they banned Chinese exhibitors from Basel World[1] during the SARS crisis?
There was a hell of a lot of "Bloody Murder! That's such an over reaction!" going for that.
I was not so sure at that time. Ultimately (and mind you, it was a super painful decision and to describe the Chinese and Hong Kong delegation as royally pissed and offended would be a massive under-exaggeration) I figured that the BAG (health authority) was doomed whatever they decided. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
But since the situation could have ultimately run out of control I thought the decision was right.
I also think so in this case. Even though, it's hard core and will be very unpopular with a lot of the public (let alone 20 Minuten commenters).
[1] The most important watch and jewelry exhibition in the world, at least it was at the time. Hong Kong was the most important foreign exhibitor
As a Swiss resident, I'm happy to see a federal-level decision that is effective immediately and made despite economic pressure to keep the status quo. Cancelled are the Geneva Auto Show (600k+ guests), Basel Fasnacht (carnival), and many other popular events (concerts and sporting events) with more than 1000 people.
I wonder what will happen to public transport. In the press conference was said, that currently, they are worried about large events, where people are very near to each other for quite some time. But large train stations, like in Zurich, Bern or Basel, are not yet affected. Also border controls do not seem to be affected. There are many people crossing borders to Italy or Germany for work by car or train. All in all,…
I'm wondering currently we have 40-60 cases in other EU countries all originating in Italy, but there are only 650 official cases in Italy. Based on this, it seems that the infection is widely widespread in Italy and the number of "undetected case" should be important (maybe for instance with a lot of asymptomatic carriers) Is there any model to predict this type of dispersion? Any interesting article on this subject…
Maybe I'm missing something obvious and this is not possible, though.
Switzerland, most democratic country in the world, reminding people that it isn't just the authoritarians who know how to keep organised. It is very hard to understand how democracies work; it is important to keep an eye on how these things play out.
Well, as a Swiss I can only state for the record that the government is not the enemy. Essentially: The government is us.
What I'm trying to say is that I don't think it is possible to just take the Swiss model and transplant it elsewhere. It requires a multi-generational cultural conditioning to develop the civic mind that the Swiss have nurtured. It is also not clear how scalable it is ultimately.
It requires a certain amount of enlightenment without which the system would not work.
It's already a mess of people from all over the world smashed in together. The city can't maintain it as is. It's already a sewer orgy of drunk/drugged people from all over the world trading regular diseases. I'm going to seriously limit my outside time while it's going on.
It's worth so much money to huge companies that don't even live here and is what the city is known for. I seriously doubt they'll cancel. They really should.
Switzerland, most democratic country in the world, reminding people that it isn't just the authoritarians who know how to keep organised. It is very hard to understand how democracies work; it is important to keep an eye on how these things play out.