Are you wondering why Italy has been so severely hit by coronavirus?

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Italy in 2019 was the one European nation that split geopolitically and joined China’s “one belt one road” global infrastructure initiative. You now have far more commerce and travel between those two nations than almost anywhere else. That’s the reason why this spread so quickly into Italy. The quick spread into South Korea and Japan was obvious due to proximity. The reason we’re so far behind (a good thing) is we halted travel from affected areas of China nearly 6 weeks ago. We’d be looking at 10,000+ cases already if quick action wasn’t taken.

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Italy in 2019 was the one European nation that split geopolitically and joined China’s “one belt one road” global infrastructure initiative. You now have far more commerce and travel between those two nations than almost anywhere else. That’s the reason why this spread so quickly into Italy. The quick spread into South Korea and Japan was obvious due to proximity. The reason we’re so far behind (a good thing) is we halted travel from affected areas of China nearly 6 weeks ago. We’d be looking at 10,000+ cases already if quick action wasn’t taken.

We're closing in on 1000 already, a ten fold increase in 10 days. This has only just begun. What good was closing down China when exposed people were coming home from Europe, including all those college kids? We got a little time and the administration squandered it, didn't get test kits ready fast enough. The same issue is being blamed in Italy where it was thought to have been spreading undetected for a few weeks before it blew up.

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Italy in 2019 was the one European nation that split geopolitically and joined China’s “one belt one road” global infrastructure initiative. You now have far more commerce and travel between those two nations than almost anywhere else. That’s the reason why this spread so quickly into Italy. The quick spread into South Korea and Japan was obvious due to proximity. The reason we’re so far behind (a good thing) is we halted travel from affected areas of China nearly 6 weeks ago. We’d be looking at 10,000+ cases already if quick action wasn’t taken.

Travel from affected areas of China never really stopped. Hubei was the epicenter, but it spread way beyond that within China. There are still direct and indirect flights to China, not to mention hundreds of ships bringing their/our products back and forth. If trade and travel with China really stopped entirely, our economies would be in an absolute tailspin within a couple weeks.

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Italy has horrible water quality
Horrible and it was hit in August and November with flooding. So where do the animal poop in the street go...into the water and then with flooding...into the streets.
That is why they are getting sick with many things...not just coronavirus. It happens after a natural disaster.

Italy did not consider this when cleanup was occuring.

What do both China and Italy have in common? Universal "free" healthcare.

"The healthcare system in Italy is a regionally based national health service known as Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (SSN). It provides universal coverage to citizens and residents, with public healthcare largely free of charge."

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We're closing in on 1000 already, a ten fold increase in 10 days. This has only just begun. What good was closing down China when exposed people were coming home from Europe, including all those college kids? We got a little time and the administration squandered it, didn't get test kits ready fast enough. The same issue is being blamed in Italy where it was thought to have been spreading undetected for a few weeks before it blew up.

What do you propose should have been done? Close all travel?

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We're closing in on 1000 already, a ten fold increase in 10 days. This has only just begun. What good was closing down China when exposed people were coming home from Europe, including all those college kids? We got a little time and the administration squandered it, didn't get test kits ready fast enough. The same issue is being blamed in Italy where it was thought to have been spreading undetected for a few weeks before it blew up.

Yes, wish Obama were still in charge. It only took him 6 months to respond to H1N1.

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What do you propose should have been done? Close all travel?

The reason China has been able to reduce the number of cases is because of a complete shutdown of affected areas. Does anyone believe the US would be able to do the same as a communist country?

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Three reasons for this crisis:

1) Communist Chinese government failed to address it when first discovered.
2) Communist Chinese government let the Lunar New Year celebrations go on as usual. Hundreds of millions of Chinese travel back to China for family gatherings and then return home whether that’s in China or abroad. Almost all the cases are from this travel and that’s how Italy got it too. If you’ve ever been to Italy lately driving around you’ll come across towns that have large Chinese populations. The Chinese moved there in the last couple decades for work since the native Italian population is shrinking.
3) Italian government and medical system is inept and did not address the first cases aggressively. All this “lockdown” of the country is just words. The Italians can’t control the Coronavirus (and to be fair, still an open question whether we in the US can either).

You meant to say capitalist China right or are you that stupid? You are correct though, capitalism has certainly made the pandemic much worse in China and the world.

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Northern Italy is so, so bad. Now the whole country is completely shut down. This is what public health officials want to avoid. It's vital that the case spike be stretched out so systems aren't overwhelmed.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...Oxpnh8KJxwjWSg

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You meant to say capitalist China right or are you that stupid? You are correct though, capitalism has certainly made the pandemic much worse in China and the world.

No, got it right first time. Communist China doesn’t give two craps about its people. Killed millions in the Cultural Revolution 50 years ago; mowed freedom protesters down with machine guns and tanks 30 years ago; and exposes them to vast corruption, human rights abuses, and a destroyed environment in China ever since. All to line Party members’ pockets and stay in power. They made the Chinese doctors who found this virus apologize for warning others and then hid the extent of the virus for over a month. Didn’t stop Lunar New Year travel which made it spread worldwide. Even now they are trying to say the virus is contained there when it is not because they want to save face and make money.

The US may be capitalist and certainly isn’t perfect, but we don’t let our government kill our own people like that.

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Now MA being compared to Italy a couple weeks ago

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.blo...navirus-spread

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You meant to say capitalist China right or are you that stupid? You are correct though, capitalism has certainly made the pandemic much worse in China and the world.

Wow. *** did they teach you in school? No wonder the kids are feeling the burn. Not sure if the issue is the school system in this country or the drugs. You are really ****ing stupid.

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Now MA being compared to Italy a couple weeks ago

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.blo...navirus-spread

From article:

Massachusetts is smaller than Italy,” said Sam Scarpino, an assistant professor of network science who heads the epidemics lab at Northeastern. “It has about 100 cases. There were 159 cases in Italy two weeks ago. That’s where we’re headed.

Ok Harvard wasn't so dumb after all

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What do both China and Italy have in common? Universal "free" healthcare.

"The healthcare system in Italy is a regionally based national health service known as Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (SSN). It provides universal coverage to citizens and residents, with public healthcare largely free of charge."

They also have noodles in common.....

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I see we have a legacy media lemming. Keep those eyes glued, and whatever you do, don’t think for yourself. Keep repeating what you’re told to think.

I know, I'm hooked on Fox and Friends!! Love those guys.