Sweden tried something different with its Covid-19 response. It didn’t go well. I don’t mean to make fun of Sweden. Sweden’s Covid-19 response favored its economy. A lot of smart people still make the claim that more people will die as a result of the Covid-19 economic downturn than die from Covid-19 itself and, soContinue reading “5 July 2020 – Sunday – #102”
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28 June 2020 – Sunday – #101
Mobile World Congress is a huge event every February in Barcelona. Mobile technology companies from around the world meet in Barcelona to show their latest wares. Faster chips! Sharper cameras! 5G! Barcelona’s best hotels and restaurants are sold out a year in advance. Deals are done over vermut and paella. One of the many reasonsContinue reading “28 June 2020 – Sunday – #101”
23 June 2020 – Tuesday – #100
Welcome to the 100th entry of Covid Diary BCN! For 100 days I’ve spent my morning writing about Covid-19 from my new home in Barcelona. All in all, it adds up to about 130,000 words. If it were a book, it would be about 500 pages without illustrations. I should have a parade, a flashyContinue reading “23 June 2020 – Tuesday – #100”