[wolfhumble]

The Spanish government did little or nothing before Saturday the 14th of March when the government decided to lock down the country, starting Sunday 15th of March. By that time there were 193 dead and more than 6000 cases in Spain according to: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/spain-governme...

So even when WHO (OMS) had declared a pandemic March 11th, there were no policies taking effect before March 15th.

Even I, that has never had any interest in epidemic diseases, started to follow the Sitraps from WHO almost daily from February 24th (even mentioned it in a comment on March 2nd, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22464056). Professionals for much longer I assume.

Saying that Spain didn't downplay the threat, as parent 'rumanator' was saying, is therefore not something I can agree with.