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2020-12-30T21:28:34.103Z


In 2020, the ignorance about the scope of the bug, the panic of public opinion and the opportunism of politicians led to decisions and attitudes that were more questionable than admirable.


A man undergoes an antigen test in Madrid (Spain), in December.Eduardo Parra - Europa Press / Europa Press

Someone has pointed out, with some reason, that if covid-19 had not emerged in China, a country with a regime and culture conducive to imposing iron discipline to successfully combat the epidemic, Western politicians would not have felt obliged to decree the almost total closure of their economies.

In the scenarios contemplated in contingency plans of governments and international organizations prior to COVID-19, the response to a pandemic in the face of a sudden virus focused on the isolation of contagion outbreaks and the specific protection of groups ...

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