Palma14/08/2020 02:47
There seems to be a lack of clarity and order with Spain now posting the highest number of Covid cases in Western Europe and little sign of the curve being flattened. Regional governments have been handed the responsibility of dealing with localised problems but Madrid is still issuing statements. So who really is in control and if it is not Madrid, I think it’s high time that central government steps in and takes over again because regional governments don’t seem to be coping.
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What people seem to forget, is that the actual amount of cases is in fact relatively lower than before, but as there is now a lot more testing, of course the numbers are up. Because measuring is knowing. Whereas before, it was only people walking or stretchered into a hospital, that were counted. So you cannot compare now to then, as we knew nothing what the infection rate was in March, especially not in Spain. And this is what Fernando Simon and Salvador Illa are referring to. But, to most people, all they see is numbers going up. It is the same in other countries. I.e. I know from the Netherlands, the numbers go up, but the infection rate is now well below 1. So things are improving quite a bit there.