This post talks about the over 110,000 people in Spain that have been infected with the coronavirus and the over 10,000 people that have lost their lives to it. I remember talking to my host dad that’s a doctor in Barcelona before I left about his opinion on the virus in Spain and he’d told me he thought we’d have it worse than Italy did. At first, I thought this wasn’t possible as Italy was to the point they had to choose what patients they could treat and had to turn others away and Spain had only a few hundred cases. Seeing the numbers now is completely heartbreaking. It’s almost like if you yourself don’t have the virus, someone that you know will. This article has a chart that breaks down the age range of people that are infected, treated, and pass away. 60% of deaths are of people age 80 and older and while in a sense it’s a relief that younger individuals are able to fight it, it’s still heartbreaking that these older adults are losing their lives to a virus. I’m hoping that the curve is able to be flatten soon and eventually begin decreasing to the point the virus is no longer prevalent.
Source: https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20200402/48273432159/coronavirus-muertos-pico-test.html
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