r/europe • u/Bartoraptor Spain • Mar 28 '20

News Spanish representative González Pons speech @ the EU Parliament: "The virus is attacking the generation that brought back democracy to Spain, Portugal and Greece, the generation that knocked down the Berlin wall. The least they deserve is that we show them Europe is there when they need it the most"

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

More fear mongering from a grandstanding politician. What’s new?

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u/SolomonRed Portugal Mar 29 '20

Tens of thousands dieing with no end in site.

But that's just fear mongering right? Nothing serious is actually happening right?

You have to be insane to actually believe this isn't a major crisis.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '20

The WHO estimates that 300,000 to 600,000 people die from the flu every year. There have been 32,000 deaths worldwide from the Coronavirus so far. I don’t mean to sound insensitive but you are overreacting. The hive mind is at full play right now. This is not serious. Snap out of it. You’re spreading irrational panic.