A short note on "Eigenverantwortung". The thing that is often neglected is that "Eigenverantwortung", e.g. the ability to make conscious risk decisions individually, depends crucially on *agency* - the ability to make these decisions freely without external interference.

This is not a common scenario: Healthcare workers cannot decide "eigenverantwortlich" to no longer show up to work, teachers can not decide "eigenverantwortlich" that telepresence is now necessary, and employees in companies where the boss insists on attendance cannot easily ...

... act independently from the consensus of the other employees.

The number of people that can actually act "eigentverantwortlich" in society is small, and usually restricted to those that are wealthy enough to absorb a job loss.

So if this strategy was seriously about "Eigenverantwortung", then giving everybody the legal right to work from home or otherwise avoid risky behavior would be logical.

That's not what's happening though: The real meaning of Eigenverantwortung in the current strategy is ...

... "we will not take any action, you are on your own."