The regional governments want to impose home confinement but the central government as yet are dragging their feet
The same as changing the curfew from 10pm to 8pm as it's not just a simple matter of yep go ahead, as it changes the state of alarm as it was decreed which means going in front of the senate and asking for permission and Sanchez's idea was have a basic state of alarm let the regional government take on the mantle and any blame that may ensue
So they are looking for ways around it but I see no other choice.
I also believe its time now they shut the schools and did online learning for a while,
1- There are so many teachers and children off in my daughters school they have more free hours then subjects
2- They are carriers and spreaders. A simple headache to them is someone getting very ill elsewhere
I have also noticed something else in this third wave.
In the second wave there were a lot of positives. I would ask everyone one I met who mentioned "oh Joe bloggs has it" "is he ill is he showing symptoms?" "No he just tested positive"
This time people are getting poorly when positive and whereas before say Mum would get it but the rest of the family would be ok, the whole family is getting ill. The British and South african variant mutations are far more contagious than other variants
(ie the Spanish variant that appeared in the uk after summer)
I'm lucky that while my boss has had it and is getting over it, I didn't catch it, after three pcr tests Im negative. I caught it last year at the end of January before any of us knew about it. I had a dry aching cough that felt like someone was stabbing me in the chest and extreme tiredness the cough took three weeks to go and my sense of smell took 7 months to start to recover and even now its not good.
There is no need to blame the bars, its the people testing positive who flaunt the rules and continue to go out and shop and pop along to next door are to blame. And majority of bars and restaurants were shut on the two days where the time tables were extended
Majority of folks (Spanish) I know stayed in their one households bubbles. The general theme was This year will be small so we can see next year and share it with everyone. They stayed at home and celebrated in small groups.
Material masks however pretty or comfy do not protect others. I have watched people touch their masks because they move when they talk, their glasses steam up so they move their masks every time they do these they don't wash their hands or sanitize. They then touch doors, products and other items.
The best masks are the mercadona ones after being tested they protected 99% compared to material masks and others the FFP2 or Kn95 masks are the best but are very hard to get now.
I wish that they could improve the COVID radar app to include the following
You are positive please indicate which of the following are you
-Positive with no symptoms
-Positive with mild symptoms
-Positive with strong symptoms
-Positive which requiered hospitalization.
This is believe would help the general public, medical personal and the government to know how things stand.
Stay safe folks. Lets hope this improves
