A Gloom wrote: > > Looks I have to correct myself-- schools were shutdown for disinfecting in > the beginning of the week but now at the end of the week it looks like > they'll be closed again and stay closed as my county follows Denmark's > example-- a 2 week "lockdown" they're calling it. We have the most cases > in the state, one case in the town a mile down the road from mine-- the > State Governor decided to act. Americans don't seem to know what a > lockdown is it seems-- I wonder what they would call Italy's containment > measures? >
This a very Good article about Italy right now in the NYT ... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/world/europe/12italy-coronavirus-health-care.html Italy is Europe's experiment. Give it a few weeks and likely rest of Europe will be the same. I can't visit friends outside my city without a police permit--though I can still freely travel into Slovenia. The conundrum is the North, my area, is seriously locked down. It is the productive heart of Italy. It is the powerhouse for production and making money. The consequences of lockdown are serious in more than health. The North also has the best health services in Italy--and one of the best systems in Europe. Italy is ranked 2nd in the world after France on healthcare. A big problem though is that "critical care beds" were reduced about 10 years ago to "serve efficiency". Now its a major issue. As and when the virus goes South, below Rome, it would be likely worse. Just comments TT -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/c3d07db2-3d33-4599-a683-df15d60f090e%40googlegroups.com.
