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Market Watch: Prepare for a ‘marathon’ and two years of wearing masks to battle COVID-19, says prominent Spanish virologist “
We will get over this in some years, but we don’t have to expect this is going to be a hundred-meter run. It’s going to be a marathon.”— Margarita del Val, virologist and immunologist, Spanish National Research Council
The first full day of new coronavirus restrictions in Madrid looked like business as usual for the city’s famed Gran Vía shopping avenue.
But with the advent of a 50% capacity limit on shops, bars and restaurants, a familiar sight had returned on a chilly Saturday afternoon.
Reminiscent of a few months ago when Spain was just emerging from a strict lockdown, a line of shoppers snaked outside retailer Zara ITX, and an even bigger one stretched down the street in front of Primark ABF.
And even though masks are worn everywhere, all the time now, that 1.5 meter social-distancing measure appears long gone, at a time when Madrid seems to need it most of all.
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WNU Editor: The Spanish pandemic of 1918 took over two years to burn itself out, and another year for life to return to normal. I have resigned myself that this will probably be our fate.
