Interesting story,...
‘Don’t underestimate this virus…we are in living hell’: Tayside woman caught up in Italy lockdown warns Scots of Covid-19
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/1192630/dont-underestimate-this-virus-we-are-in-living-hell-tayside-woman-caught-up-in-italy-lockdown-warns-scots-of-covid-19/
...but the numbers are going up rapidly.
Italy registers 17,750 coronavirus cases, death toll surges to 1,441
https://www.aninews.in/news/world/europe/italy-registers-17750-coronavirus-cases-death-toll-surges-to-144120200315144250/
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-colorado-italy-covid-19/
The stories are way too similar.
1500 deaths in a country of 60 million...a healthcare system that is paralyzed over 17,000 cases, not all of them serious or requiring intense care.
And they will not treat those most likely to die: the elderly, hence sending their rates UP.
I just can’t buy all this.
We are in the information age... society is still adjusting to real time information... that said Italy is the nursing home of the EU and dirty to boot.
Italy registers 17,750 coronavirus cases, death toll surges to 1,441”””
That is an 8.1% death rate....nowhere near 1.4% or so.