So the millions of tests the Spanish government bought from China last week aren't working (they only work 30% of the time), and the Chinese government had warned us that they were buying them from an unlicensed company.
ffs, this government...
Quote (fender @ 26 Mar 2020 20:07)
do you honestly believe that continuing to ignore the virus would have been better?!
no, the simple truth is that there was no realistic scenario where your favoured approach (not giving a shit about it, not cancelling mass events, and not changing 'normal' life) would have worked.
guess what, we have a global economy. yours was always going to be impacted massively, just like every single other one.
guess what, spain did not have the capacities for large scale testing, tracing, and strict isolation of infected people and risk groups.
guess what, the virus can also be dangerous for younger people, in particular those with pre-existing conditions.
guess what, all the countries that handled this crisis the best so far (like south korea and taiwan) have one thing in common: they DID give many fucks very early.
Yes, of course Korea and Taiwan are the once handling best... this is why I've said several times here that I consider the Korean approach the best. Herd immunity would rank second, and shutdown third. And of course doing nothing, only to go for confinement once there are widespread cases, I would rate as the worst possible approach.