In some European countries, today we have reached a turning point. They have adopted very stringent measures to contain
the coronavirus pandemic.
The decisions have nothing to do with President Trump’s harsh
words about us, words that were pronounced yesterday, when he was announcing
the entry ban on European visitors.
Today’s measures, adopted in France, Belgium,
Denmark, Spain, Portugal and elsewhere, are just an indication of the level of
risk we are confronted with. The pandemic is a major menace, that was the
message coming from the different governments. It is huge because nobody knows the dimension it might get, nobody is
in a position to guess a timeframe but everyone sees it will have a major impact on
human lives, on public resources, on living standards, on lots of economic,
financial and social aspects.
In view of that, the preventive measures can
only be of an extraordinary nature. Some might seem disproportionate, but who
knows what is reasonable or excessive, in a crisis of this dimension?
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