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I'm German too and at least here in Munich you still have to wear masks in lots of settings.

Public transport, doctors office, in my work office etc.

And the discussion around Oktoberfest was quite often in the media.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'no one cares about COVID anymore'.

Masks might be mandated in specific settings, but revealed preference makes it clear: Everybody goes to events, bars, clubs, has private gatherings, there are conventions with tens or hundreds of thousands of people in Germany as we speak. That's what I meant: Most people have moved on from being overly concerned with it.

I finally got covid last month. It wasn't fun, but I had worse colds. I think many people experienced the same thing, and so covid morphed from a looming, unknown horror to a known quantity.

Mask usage has gone down to... I'd say 20-30% in the supermarkets I frequent, but I don't think it's completely wrong with the implied exaggeration for effect.

I sometimes forget it with the superttoo but I do t want to be counted as not caring.

I'm not sure this exaggeration paints the right picture.

At least in public transport is very visible

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