Sánchez meets WHO leadership as hantavirus alert hits Spain: smokescreen?
Hantavirus reaches Spain aboard the MV Hondius. Sánchez meets the WHO while PSOE corruption fades into the background. Smokescreen or real threat?
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Sánchez receives WHO chief as bicho reaches Spain
On 9 May, the Spanish Government announced the isolation of the areas affected by the docking of the MV Hondius, a ship that brought bicho to the peninsula. Almost at the same time, Pedro Sánchez was meeting at La Moncloa with the WHO director, an organisation from which the United States, Argentina and other countries have withdrawn. The timing has not gone unnoticed.
The Ábalos factor and the political agenda
While bicho stories dominate the headlines, the Ábalos and Koldo case, with several PSOE members under formal investigation, fades into the background. Those who trinc economic policy point out that any new health crisis diverts attention from the corruption problems and the poor electoral result predicted for the PSOE in Andalusia. The question is whether the bicho will serve to justify new restrictions that, according to some, would pave the way for digital money and the loss of economic freedoms.
A highly lethal bicho that is not airborne
Bicho does not spread through the air, but through fluids. Its lethality is said to be higher than ELbichito's, but its transmission is easier to control. Nevertheless, the media deployment and the meeting with the WHO raise tensions. In a context of the international organisation's decline – with the US exit – the credibility of global alerts is under suspicion.
The economic key is the cost of a possible new lockdown or restrictions, just as tourism was gearing up for the football World Cup and the August eclipse. The official narrative clashes with the scepticism of those who see a distraction operation.
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On 9 May, the Spanish Government announced the isolation of the areas affected by the docking of the MV Hondius, a ship that brought bicho to the peninsula. Almost at the same time, Pedro Sánchez was meeting at La Moncloa with the WHO director, an organisation from which the United States, Argentina and other countries have withdrawn. The timing has not gone unnoticed.
The Ábalos factor and the political agenda
While bicho stories dominate the headlines, the Ábalos and Koldo case, with several PSOE members under formal investigation, fades into the background. Those who trinc economic policy point out that any new health crisis diverts attention from the corruption problems and the poor electoral result predicted for the PSOE in Andalusia. The question is whether the bicho will serve to justify new restrictions that, according to some, would pave the way for digital money and the loss of economic freedoms.
A highly lethal bicho that is not airborne
Bicho does not spread through the air, but through fluids. Its lethality is said to be higher than ELbichito's, but its transmission is easier to control. Nevertheless, the media deployment and the meeting with the WHO raise tensions. In a context of the international organisation's decline – with the US exit – the credibility of global alerts is under suspicion.
The economic key is the cost of a possible new lockdown or restrictions, just as tourism was gearing up for the football World Cup and the August eclipse. The official narrative clashes with the scepticism of those who see a distraction operation.
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