I think it was Wednesday when on the daily news briefing, by the national health authorities, a dramatic increase on new Covid cases was announced. New measures were to be announced the next day, rolling back most reopenings in the urban areas, and upon announcement the website of the executive branch of government was collapsed.
But these cases, what drove them that high? Well, there was a external factor, yes, irregular foreigners who would deliberately break mandatory quarantine due to confirmed coronavirus presence, and would later agglomerate in multiple places. Calculating the difference from one day to the next, some times they accounted for up to one third of the new daily cases.
The other one is is on us...obedience. People making new physical contacts with third parties for social purposes, just worsened it all. Large gatherings or small ones, the virus might be present. But come on, they are not placing just themselves at risk but the entire country. The government didn't want to apply draconian measures from the start, yet not choice is given but to do so soon.
I initially thought that Costa Rica would quickly go Italy-like on coronavirus cases, fast spread and critical health system saturation. To my wonder we didn't; we were going through the pandemic as civilized people. But at the end, was my faith bad placed upon the start? I just hope people realize the danger they do, not just to health, but to the whole country and its economic welfare. The government stated from the very beginning their goal, to protect lives. Disagree? Harsher lockdowns might be announced.
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