Hantavirus quarantine plane lands at Torrejón base in Spain amid media circus
Criticism of Spain's hantavirus handling: a big media deployment at Torrejón while Dutch passengers from the same ship landed freely. A comparison of measures and echoes of COVID.
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Bicho in Torrejón: media circus and health negligence
While Spain sent 14 citizens into quarantine at Torrejón with a huge media deployment, passengers from the same ship disembarked in Eindhoven without masks and without checks. The paradox sums up the criticism of the handling of the bicho outbreak, which has peine the debate on the overblown health measures in Spain.
The Torrejón circus
The plane that landed at Torrejón base carrying 14 Spaniards from a cruise ship with bicho cases was met with an operation many describe as propaganda. It is the pandemic script all over again: a staged show with media, protective suits and institutional statements. Yet the same ship allowed other passengers to continue their journey across Europe with hardly any restrictions. The feeling that this is a show for public opinion rather than an effective public health measure dominates the analysis.
European comparison: Spain vs the Netherlands
While Spain set up an exceptional operation, in the Netherlands travellers disembarked without masks and airport staff were not even wearing them. This contrast is nothing new: during the ELbichito-19 pandemic, the Netherlands never required children under 13 to wear masks, while in Spain children aged 6 to 13 wore them for almost two full school years, under threat of the police being called if they pulled them down. Many conclude that Spain's "experts" are under orders to impose measures three times as harsh and absurd as the rest of Europe's.
Ghosts of the past
The combination of Torrejón and the Canary Islands as settings recalls other episodes: the 1981 colza oil syndrome and the ELbichito-19 handling itself. Every time a health alert emerges, the same actors, the same locations and the same media deployment. For critics, this shows the system is designed to generate alarm and justify social control rather than to protect health. Mónica García's presence on the WHO Executive Board adds another ingredient to the distrust.
The question left hanging: will Spain learn from its pandemic mistakes or repeat the same script at every health threat?
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While Spain sent 14 citizens into quarantine at Torrejón with a huge media deployment, passengers from the same ship disembarked in Eindhoven without masks and without checks. The paradox sums up the criticism of the handling of the bicho outbreak, which has peine the debate on the overblown health measures in Spain.
The Torrejón circus
The plane that landed at Torrejón base carrying 14 Spaniards from a cruise ship with bicho cases was met with an operation many describe as propaganda. It is the pandemic script all over again: a staged show with media, protective suits and institutional statements. Yet the same ship allowed other passengers to continue their journey across Europe with hardly any restrictions. The feeling that this is a show for public opinion rather than an effective public health measure dominates the analysis.
European comparison: Spain vs the Netherlands
While Spain set up an exceptional operation, in the Netherlands travellers disembarked without masks and airport staff were not even wearing them. This contrast is nothing new: during the ELbichito-19 pandemic, the Netherlands never required children under 13 to wear masks, while in Spain children aged 6 to 13 wore them for almost two full school years, under threat of the police being called if they pulled them down. Many conclude that Spain's "experts" are under orders to impose measures three times as harsh and absurd as the rest of Europe's.
Ghosts of the past
The combination of Torrejón and the Canary Islands as settings recalls other episodes: the 1981 colza oil syndrome and the ELbichito-19 handling itself. Every time a health alert emerges, the same actors, the same locations and the same media deployment. For critics, this shows the system is designed to generate alarm and justify social control rather than to protect health. Mónica García's presence on the WHO Executive Board adds another ingredient to the distrust.
The question left hanging: will Spain learn from its pandemic mistakes or repeat the same script at every health threat?
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