Singer Bertín Osborne has suspended several performances after suffering two consecutive pneumonias as a sequel to a second severe covid infection. The artist cannot sing and apologized to his audience. In Plasencia, where he was scheduled to perform, he was replaced by Huecco, which generated mixed reactions among attendees.
The human voice as a system: when the software gets corrupted 🦠
From a technical point of view, the vocal cords function as a sound processor that requires constant maintenance. Pneumonia is similar to a critical failure of the pulmonary operating system: inflammation, mucus, and loss of performance. Covid acts like malware that attacks system files. In this case, Bertín suffered two reinfections that left his vocal hardware inoperative. Without an effective antivirus patch, the singer cannot run his concert program.
Huecco, the emergency patch for the Bertín system 💻
When the antivirus fails, it's time to call the on-call computer technician. Huecco, former vocalist of Sugarless, arrived in Plasencia as an urgent software patch. Attendees, who expected Bertín singing ballads, found themselves with a rocker screaming as if his PC were about to crash. At least the update was free and required no license.