I work as a resident doctor in one of the biggest hospitals in Mexico City and sadly, the situation is far from “under control”. As a doctor, I realise that the media does not report the truth. Authorities distributed vaccines among all the medical personnel with no results, because two of my partners who worked in this hospital (interns) were killed by this new virus in less than six days even though they were vaccinated as all of us were. The official number of deaths is 20, nevertheless, the true number of victims are more than 200. I understand that we must avoid to panic, but telling the truth it might be better now to prevent and avoid more deaths.
Yeny Gregorio Dávila, Mexico City
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Thanks for that link, Arraya. Even if this current strain isn’t incredibly deadly, the concern is always that a mutated strain may emerge that is more virulent.
The timing of this potential pandemic couldn’t be worse. Stores and industries that have been hanging on by a thread may now have to deal with even lower traffic…and this can’t be good news for the travel industry.
I have to say, this would be an ingenious and convenient way to explain a collapse. Obama: “My bold and aggressive stimulus plan WOULD have worked, had it not been for the pandemic — which, like my predecessor’s deficit, I had nothing whatsoever to do with.”
