my view is that ibiza is coping pretty well so far. we have a total of 85 covid-19 cases on ibiza and formentera together as of yesterday (today's update comes just after 1pm our time usually) and in the last few days the rise of cases has flattened quite a bit. every day I'm hoping to see a 'no new cases!' message, but we might still be a bit away from this.
what's certain though is that on the islands (both the balearics as well as the canary islands) we've been really lucky if you compare it to the mainland. madrid and barcelona have been hit really hard, but luckily on the islands the numbers aren't massive and the lockdown seems to work really well here. I'm sure it's also got to do with the fact that we haven't got any huge cities where thousands of people congregate at one time and also we don't have subways/tubes and also our public buses are usually not as packed as elsewhere. these bits have helped massively I'm sure.
I also believe that especially here on ibiza a lot of people have been very conscious really early that social distancing is the way to go. in our community there are lots of spiritual folk who picked up on that very quickly, but also the more 'facts only' group (that would be more my side) who try to stay informed saw that soon. and whereas in lots of places on the mainland people were still in the bars until mid march, here on ibiza lots of people went into voluntary lockdown even before the government imposed it. the community also called for cutting off flights to the mainland very early. in the end the government did it, but I'm sure we could have kept our corona-cases even lower had the flights been stopped earlier. of course we also have some incorrigibles here that cheat on the rules, but these exist everywhere and here they are in the minority. I wish those people would read the text
@Zapclub93 posted further above.
in any case, and that is a personal assessment, it's clear that 2020 will be the year of patience. it is the one virtue we will all have to learn and practice. here in spain the numbers are slowly getting better, but we're a long way to go until we're in the clear. I'm almost certain the lockdown, currently in place until 11th april, will be extended until the end of april. and then, if we're lucky, in may, we might be able to go on walks again. but I think it will take months still until 'social life' as we know it will be back. and so, I've come to terms with the very real possibility that 2020 might turn into a non-clubbing summer. if we get a bit of a season in the second half of the summer that would be great. but I'm currently really not banking on it. we're nearing 10K deaths in spain (we'll probably hit that figure today or tomorrow) due to coronavirus. those numbers speak for themselves IMO. it is a pandemic and the world simply needs to get through this before we can think about festivals, incredible nights in berghain and sunny afterhours on ibiza again. these times will return and the feeling when we can reunite and cherish the community feeling on the dancefloors will be absolutely fantastic, but first, we need to be patient and wait it out.
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