Uncounted among coronavirus victims, deaths sweep through Italy's nursing homes

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[janetjanet998]

MILAN (Reuters) - As the official death toll from Italy’s coronavirus outbreak passes 2,500, a silent surge in fatalities in nursing homes, where dozens of patients a day are dying untested for the virus, suggests the real total may be higher.

[janetjanet998]

“There are significant numbers of people who have died but whose death hasn’t been attributed to the coronavirus because they died at home or in a nursing home and so they weren’t swabbed,” said Giorgio Gori, mayor of the town of Bergamo.

[Morpheus2009]

Let me guess. Italy was open to Chinese migrants right? Just like their Chinese imports brought the Black Death to Europe centuries ago.

[janetjanet998]

wow..so the death toll in Italy is actually higher

they aren’t even transporting sick people to the hospital or testing them

[janetjanet998]

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BREAKING: Italy reports 4,207 new cases of coronavirus and 475 new deaths, raising total to 35,713 cases and 2,978 dead

[CincyRichieRich]

We are all going to die. 2 weeks and we’ll be just like Italy, no different.

[LibertyOh]

I read another report that when taking out the Co-morbidity issues the death toll in Italy was 2.
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[CaptainK]

Is everyone in Italy dead?

[CincyRichieRich]

Sarcasm keep up

[traderrob6]

I’ll take that bet.

[HighSierra5]

I hate to say this. But when you’re hugging a Chinese person who just flew in from Wuhan,you’re gonna get the Kooties.

[Ancient Man]

People are put in nursing homes to die. Is it now a surprise that they actually do so?

[janetjanet998]

I read another report that when taking out the Co-morbidity issues the death toll in Italy was 2.

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if true, likely because they are in triage and just letting some of those with Co-morbidity issues die while they try to save the more healthy ones

[CaptainK]

LOL it’s kind of hard recently to see the difference in some of the postings.

[grey_whiskers]

That's of people officially tested.

And, just for kicks.

What's one of the significant risk factors?

Obesity / Diabetes.

So when thousands or ten thousands of Americans start dying, it'll be OK, cause they'll have an asterisk next to their names, so it won't "really" count, is that it?

[gloryblaze]

I really did think Italy was one of those cultures that revered families, particularly the elders, so they would be more inclined to keep Grandma and grandpa at home.

We used to do that here, too, but I’ll admit that I couldn’t bear the thought of having my MIL here full time during the final year she spent in one, so I am definitely not moralizing.

[null and void]

China bought several fashion manufacturers in Italy, and sent anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000 Chinese into the Lombardy region to do the labor, and by-pass EU tariffs.

And a goodly fraction going home for Lunar new year and returning before China admitted there was a problem...

[janetjanet998]

did you even read the article? here?

He said there had been a significant and “anomalous” increase in deaths since about March 2, when the spread of the epidemic began to gather pace in Italy.

-—————One nurse in an extended care facility in a small town in the area of Cremona believes the homes “have been abandoned.”

In her section, out of 40 people, 38 were in bed with high fevers, while care staff were forced to work without proper protective clothing.

[Texas Eagle]

Wow. Good point. Has anybody ever been released from a nursing home in anything but a hearse?

[precisionshootist]

oh boy, the death tolls are not high enough to keep this farce going so now anyone who dies is going to be included because they weren’t tested.

People are starting to wise up. Far fewer deaths than normal flu yet the entire globe is on totalitarian lockdown.

[cherry]

what I read today is that a very small percentage of deaths in Italy are attributed ONLY to the virus.....almost all had more than one contributing ailment...

its not that we want to sacrifice these people...I am one of them....but it does give an explanation.....