Spain's Podemos deliberately downplayed COVID-19 danger starting in January
Spain’s Podemos deliberately downplayed COVID-19 danger starting in January Revelations from the conservative daily ABC confirm that Spain’s Socialist Party (PSOE)–Podemos government knew about the deadly implications of COVID-19 by late January. In the following month and a half, while it downplayed the risks posed by the pandemic, the Ministry of Defence busily procured, evaluated and contracted the latest military-grade personal protective equipment (PPE) for the army. At least four major contracts were signed in this period. Last September, the WSWS noted that well-known journalist...
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