Posted on 03/26/2020 1:38:56 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
It is one of the darkest and most dramatic moments in recent Spanish history. In the chilling table of daily dead from the coronavirus pandemic, Spain has taken top position from Italy - with 738 dying over 24 hours.
Spain is now the hotspot of the global pandemic, a ghoulish title that has been passed from country to country over four months – starting in Wuhan, China, and travelling via Iran and Italy. As it moves west, we do not know who will be next.
What went wrong? Spain had seen what happened in China and Iran. It also has Italy nearby, just 400 miles across the Mediterranean and an example of how the virus can spread rapidly and viciously inside Europe.
Yet Spaniards cannot blame that proximity. There are no land borders with Italy, while France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia – all countries that are doing much better – do have them.
This may, in fact, be one of the reasons for the country’s late response. Spain thought it was far enough away. “Spain will only have a handful of cases,” said Dr Fernando Simón, the head of medical emergencies in Madrid, on 9 February. Six weeks later he gives out daily figures of hundreds of deaths. The number of dead per capita is already three times that of Iran, and 40 times higher than China.
On 19 February, 2,500 Valencia soccer fans mixed with 40,000 Atalanta supporters for a Champions League game in Bergamo which Giorgio Gori, mayor of the Italian city, has described as “the bomb” which exploded the virus in Lombardy.
In Spain, Valencia players, fans and sports journalists were among the first to fall ill.
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If we are relatively unscathed by this. Europe may need a “Marshall Plan” type rescue.
If we don’t do it, the Chinese will more than happy to.
I wouldn’t believe any thing about the number of deaths in China or Iran.
Nor in actuality does the United States. At least we have the Federal Reserve who can make a "good will" asset entry to level its balance sheet.
hell, that’s what started this EU pandemic in the first place - Italy is already well down the road to selling itself off to China
(Thinking outside the box here)
What if doctors were able to shoot patients, when they look like they’re being drawn towards the light, shoot them in the head. Boom, cause of death is gunshot wound to the head instead of kung-flu.
And then yet another twelve years before an actual need for them arises - because the Spanish real estate market is suffering a long-term glut in the area of "tony" seaside vacation / weekend homes.
There are people with money - but no one clamoring to purchase such properties, because of oversupply.
There is no "cure" for oversupply - unless you torch 1/3 of the houses.
Regards,
If we don’t do it, the Chinese will more than happy to.
We can't afford it. We can't afford this bailout much less bailouts of other countries.
But hey at least they removed Franco from his tomb.
“Spain doesn’t have 2 trillion dollars to get its economy back on track.”
Has Spain’s economy been on track anytime since 1700 or so?
We are the world’s largest debtor nation. Translation: We are broke.
Spain has free universal heath care.
The USA just overtook China in terms of total number infected and detected. 82,000 and still growing rapidly.
Sure there is.
Increase the demand through increased prosperity and increased consumers, or decrease the price.
All would work.
Perhaps in some places but not where I live. Those condos I spoke of sold out for a reason. Our real estate market was vibrant, international and the group buying the most was the French. Our next door neighbors are from Bordeaux and this is their vacation home. They were getting a great rental rate but I spoke to the property manager and every reservation on every property he manages has been cancelled. This town relies on tourism and I don't see it coming back for a long time, which could have a snowball effect and lead to just the kind of glut you mentioned as people who relied on rental money to pay for their units (my neighbors aren't one of that category) have to abandon them.
The EU will be looked at in Chinese history as their Louisiana Purchase in the not too distant future.
“Free Tibet, with the purchase of another Tibet at an equal or lesser value”
Take your bllsht and ram it you stinking liars about OUR TRUMP!
They have just told other EU members who are in the country but aren't residents that if they get sick and go to the hospital they are going to have to pay for it. You can imagine how the "we are family" crowd is reacting to that. Makes for a few laughs in these trying times :-)
“If we don’t do it, the Chinese will more than happy to.”
OK, you convinced me. Let the european communists belong to china. Meanwhile, how bout we close our borders and start producing & innovating once again within the borders of our newly closed & self sufficient & fully armed society? How’s that sound?
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