{"id":14546,"date":"2020-03-31T19:32:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T19:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evaggelatos.com\/?p=14546"},"modified":"2020-03-31T20:49:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T20:49:35","slug":"14546","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evaggelatos.com\/?p=14546","title":{"rendered":"Total calamity for poor countries says Economist, what about bankcrupted Greece after 10 years of poverty?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ds-layout-grid ds-layout-grid--edged layout-article-header\">\n<div class=\"article__lead-image\" data-test-id=\"Lead Image\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/print-edition\/20200328_LDD002_0.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 300px, (max-width: 414px) 400px, (max-width: 600px) 640px, (max-width: 768px) 800px, (max-width: 960px) 1000px, (max-width: 1024px) 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/img\/b\/200\/113\/85\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/print-edition\/20200328_LDD002_0.jpg 200w,https:\/\/www.economist.com\/img\/b\/300\/169\/85\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/print-edition\/20200328_LDD002_0.jpg 300w,https:\/\/www.economist.com\/img\/b\/400\/225\/85\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/print-edition\/20200328_LDD002_0.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.economist.com\/img\/b\/600\/338\/85\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/print-edition\/20200328_LDD002_0.jpg 600w,https:\/\/www.economist.com\/img\/b\/640\/360\/85\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/print-edition\/20200328_LDD002_0.jpg 640w,https:\/\/www.economist.com\/img\/b\/800\/450\/85\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/print-edition\/20200328_LDD002_0.jpg 800w,https:\/\/www.economist.com\/img\/b\/1000\/563\/85\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/print-edition\/20200328_LDD002_0.jpg 1000w,https:\/\/www.economist.com\/img\/b\/1280\/720\/85\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/print-edition\/20200328_LDD002_0.jpg 1280w\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1><span class=\"article__subheadline\" data-test-id=\"Article Subheadline\">The next calamity<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"article__headline\" data-test-id=\"Article Headline\">The coronavirus could devastate poor countries<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"article__description\" data-test-id=\"Article Description\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">It is in the rich world\u2019s self-interest to help<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__section\"><strong><span class=\"article__section-headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/leaders\/\">Leaders<\/a><\/span><\/strong><a class=\"article__section-edition\" href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/printedition\/2020-03-28\" data-test-id=\"Article Datetime\">Mar 26th 2020\u00a0edition<\/a><\/div>\n<hr class=\"ds-rule layout-article-header__rule\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"regwall__wrapper\" class=\"ds-layout-grid ds-layout-grid--edged layout-article-body\">\n<aside class=\"article__aside\">\n<div class=\"layout-article-meta\"><time class=\"article__dateline-datetime\" datetime=\"2020-03-26T00:00:00Z\">Mar 26th 2020<\/time><\/div>\n<ul class=\"ds-share-list\">\n<li id=\"Facebook\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"article__body-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Editor\u2019s note: <\/em>The Economist<em> is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of <\/em>The Economist Today<em>, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register <a>here<\/a>. For more coverage, see our coronavirus <a>hub<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">T<small>HE NEW<\/small> coronavirus is causing havoc in rich countries. Often overlooked is the damage it will cause in poor ones, which could be even worse. Official data do not begin to tell the story. As of March 25th Africa had reported only 2,800 infections so far; India, only 650. But the virus is in nearly every country and will surely spread. There is no vaccine. There is no cure. A very rough guess is that, <strong>without a campaign of social distancing, between 25% and 80% of a typical population will be infected.<\/strong> Of these, perhaps 4.4% will be seriously sick and a third of those will need intensive care. For poor places, this implies calamity.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"layout-article-regwall\">\n<div id=\"amp-regwall\" class=\"regwall\" data-test-id=\"Regwall\">\n<div class=\"layout-regwall-login\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Source:https:\/\/www.economist.com\/leaders\/2020\/03\/26\/the-coronavirus-could-devastate-poor-countries<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Comment: Imagine what is going to happen in our coumtry from the financial point of view in a couple of weeks as staikouras (the financial ministder says and pomises. <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>TOTAL DISASTER<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next calamity The coronavirus could devastate poor countries It is in the rich world\u2019s self-interest to help LeadersMar 26th 2020\u00a0edition Mar 26th 2020 Editor\u2019s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. 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