https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/13/why-is-europe-returning-to-the-dark-days-of-covid

The continent is now the centre of the global epidemic – again. As countries from the Baltic to the Med brace for harsher winter measures, we look at what’s driving the fourth waveJon Henley, Europe correspondent andPhilip Oltermannin BerlinSat 13 Nov 2021 09.15 EST

It was almost as if the pandemic had never happened. In Cologne, thousands of revellers in fancy-dress jostled side by side in a tightly packed throng as they counted down to the start of the annual carnival season at 11am on 11 November.

In Paris, the bars and clubs were open late and filled to bursting on Wednesday, with Armistice Day a national holiday. In Amsterdam, it was business as usual in the overflowing cafes and coffee shops…