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Hurr1cane said:
Woof. I read that whole thread of tweets and it is sad.

For reference, On March 1st they had ~1400 cases and 40 deaths. Today, Italy reports 9,172 total cases (724 recovered, 433 dead, 7,985 active) and of those active cases 733 in serious and critical condition requiring hospitalization. The serious and critical patients are spending upwards of 2 weeks in hospitals so there is very low turnover, and beds are not opening up for new patients as the numbers explode.

In a country with 60,000,000 people, it took less than 2 weeks and 1,000 severe or critically ill to stretch the health care system to its max...
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what surprises me is that, as far as I can see, compared to any other country, the fatality rate in italy is far higher than anywhere else.

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compare with any other country really
 
stivi said:
what surprises me is that, as far as I can see, compared to any other country, the fatality rate in italy is far higher than anywhere else.

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compare with any other country really
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Probably a combination of only testing very sick people, which gIves you a smaller denominator as those with mild Coronavirus might not have been tested. Secondly they have one of the oldest populations in Europe. Put those two together and it’s entirely plausible.
 
Buckley said:
I think what appears to be the prevailing 'I'm young(ish) and healthy' attitude needs tempering with how many degrees of separation you have to those who aren't. My Dad is 72 and has Parkinson's. If my kids pick it up at school an take it round to my folks, it could kill him?
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Starting to hear too many people saying “ don’t worry it’s just the oldies who will die from it so no need to worry too much they are gonna go soon anyway” or “a good way to control population ” so so disrespectful.

I predicted panic buying would set in a couple of weeks ago, I’m now thinking a lot of the big building companies will be sending everyone home from sites within the month. Like Italy I think we will have the same scenario.
 
Talk that my workplace might be shutting down soon (though will likely be a working from home scenario rather than a free holiday).
 
Moha said:
Because people didn't respect the (simple) rules, preventing the spreading.
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+1

i live in austria 30 kilometers from the italian border...many tourists and shoppers, we have since a few days massive increases, social life very limited from today on.... university closed... homework etc... still questions ? Now they are desperately trying to move the peak backwards... I am afraid... does not look good for the 2020 dancefloor. But hopefully, thats the least of ours problems !
 
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Tourist said:
You can bet Madrid will be on lockdown soon. Not quite yet there this end but I told my mum to get out of the city and head up the coast
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Yes it seems to be heading that way!.... I may not go now... As if they go in lock down won't be able to get back
 
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