Chronicle of the Coronavirus in Spain: the Omicron variant, the Covid passport, and a sixth wave of infections and endless vaccinations

The Coronavirus crisis seemed to be coming to an end. But a simply official ending, in the face of a pandemic reality that stayed with us for a long time, real and symbolically. A new chronicle of the Coronavirus was beginning in our country, in the face of continuous vaccinations, new variants and restrictions left and right. Everyone wanted the outcome, adapting or surviving materially and mentally;But the appearance of a new variant, called Omicron, once again raised the risk and spread the fear, calling States and media to vaccinate obligatorily, to controls at Christmas, to third doses, to vaccinations of children and to incessant controversies. Another stage of adaptation to the disease and to power was beginning: the management of a pandemic that was already part of our History.

Endless history of the Coronavirus Crisis in Spain: between waves and vaccines

Vaccines and waves. The two faces of a crisis that continued to condition the lives of Spaniards in 2021. The dream came in the form of supposed immunization, but reality showed new extensions of the disease throughout the national geography. Christmas was partly saved, but Easter was lost again. Unemployment continued to grow, despite the good omens for the end of the year, and the queues of hunger were becoming more and more visible. The so-called "pandemic fatigue" increasingly affected the population, between protests, political chaos, noncompliance with regulations and general boredom. This is a new episode of the endless effect of the Coronavirus in Spain, which refers us to the civic and cultural keys (from fear to hope) of the concept of crisis in current developed societies, following the thesis of the historian Reinhart Koselleck.

History of the Coronavirus crisis in Spain: the Second Wave

An endless story, waiting for the dreamed and quick vaccine. The Pandemic continued to be a health alert and causing the serious socioeconomic crisis, to a greater or lesser degree, in Spain and the rest of the world. It was believed to have been overcome, or at least controlled, during the summer of 2020, but at the end of the same, contagions reappeared (as before) and deaths (but not as before). Social fear remained, the forecasts were getting worse and the only solution was that vaccination. For this reason, in this article we analyze, from the supposedly objective and historical lessons of Ranke, the so-called Second Wave in Spain, between the political debate and citizen psychosis;phase of the Coronavirus crisis in our country that for many media, experts and studies, showed that Spain is, or could be, a "failed state".