Is Argentina in danger of "camel flu"?

[Redpossum]

Unfortunately, this is not a joke. This is a very real coronavirus that the players or fans could bring back home from Qatar.

Qué es la "gripe del camello", el virus que joroba a Francia y tiene en alerta a Qatar | Cuáles son los síntomas y cómo se evita

La enfermedad se detectó por primera vez en 2012 en Arabia Saudita, los síntomas son muy parecidos a los del SARS-CoV-2.y no existe una vacuna. Varios jugadores de Francia están afectados.

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The usual drill. I'm posting the Google Translate link, so the above banner is in Castellano, and when you click on it the story will initially appear in that tongue, but just wait a few seconds and it will change to English.

Pagina12 is so very fond of their cutesy headlines, and this one translates as, "What is 'camel flu', the virus that humps France, and has Qatar on alert?". I have no idea whether or not they know how that puns in English. Given that France is Argentina's opponent in the final game on Sunday, it may be deliberate.

The story says three French players are out sick with it. It's apparently a zoonotic virus, that is, one transmitted initially from animals to people, and then from person to person.

 

[FrankPintor]

Translating "jorobar" as "to hump" is a bit much, even for Google... its meaning is more like annoy or torment. Anyway, a MERS pandemic, with up to 35% mortality rate, would make COVID look like a stroll in the park.

 

[Redpossum]

IF this government was on the ball, they would mandate a strict quarantine for everyone returning from Qatar or any other gulf country. But they won't, because they've got their head too far up their fourth point of contact. So they will shut the barn door after the horse is gone, as usual.

It may be time to resume wearing the mask.