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peppertree

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6. It is, isn't it.

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 9, 2021, 08:54 PM

Apr 2021

This is a country whose center-left administration moved early (March 19, last year) to enact a lockdown, then social distancing - but to no avail.

Besides which, they took office after 4 years of the "Trump of the Pampas" - leaving a massive debt and economic crisis, just before the Covid one.

At least, they've managed to beef up with ICU capacity by 40% in just a few months. And that's certainly helped them cope.

Still - a perfect storm if there ever was one.

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Argentina curtails leisure, public transport use after hitting new COVID-19 record [View all] peppertree Apr 2021 OP

I think it is still bad all over the earth. We have big business pwb Apr 2021 #1

Look at the graphs for The World BigmanPigman Apr 2021 #2

And they've got Brazil next door - a country with 5 times the population & run by Bolsonaro besides peppertree Apr 2021 #4

True. peppertree Apr 2021 #3

That makes me sad. I recently took a virtual tour around time and the globe, tracking all the Karadeniz Apr 2021 #5

It is, isn't it. peppertree Apr 2021 #6