When people think they can outsmart a lockdown, the results are ugly and fatal.
Despite a nationwide lockdown and the coronavirus death rate that has surpassed China, there are still Italians out on the streets. Dogs and other pets are being taken out by the people who go out buying here and there which is against the lockdown set in place.
Despite the report on Saturday, by Italy’s civil protection authorities confirming the new cases of novel coronavirus increased to 6,557 and the death toll by 793 people in a single 24 hour period
stricter measures were put in place in the north of the country, which remains the hardest hit more than 70,000 have been given tickets for being out of their homes without a valid reason.
Each time someone leaves their home, they risk contracting or spreading the disease.
The novelty of life under lockdown is over in Italy where the days now drag on and the fear that this will never end is on everyone’s mind.
Lessons should be leaned from what is happening in Italy. If the lockdown is done right, it won’t be as hard, contracting or spreading the disease will be stopped leaving room for the present cases to be dealt with.
The sad news is that many remain deaf to the threat of death as they break the rules.
These rule-breakers may keep the whole country locked down even longer. Those who defy the strictures in Italy are shamed from windows by screaming shut-ins in what has become an increasingly angry neighborhood watch. In the U.S., reports of long lines at gun stores beg the question of what the neighborhood watch will look like there.
Counter-terrorism troops have been redeployed across Italy to beef up police forces throughout Italian cities. Patrol cars are now circulating in every major city in Italy with a monotone male voice warning citizens over a loudspeaker not to leave their residences or risk a ticket. “Go back into your homes,” the voice warns. “Respect the distance of interpersonal space for safety.”
People are starting slowly to comply, but that’s only since the body count surpassed China by more than 1,000 deaths. In the U.S., which has a population five times larger, it would be nearly impossible to enforce a lockdown in the same way.
Because of the noncompliance, in the beginning, factories across Italy not tied to the supply chain will be shut down within 72 hours. Hotels in the north of the country are all to be closed and made available as quarantine centers for doctors and health care workers or patients who are not symptomatic. All outdoor exercise there is now strictly prohibited meaning no more walks or jogging outdoors and grocery stores are asked to measure people’s temperatures before allowing them inside to shop. These tighter restrictions will surely soon be in place across the country.
Public transportation has been limited to daytime hours, but it is still running in all cities, and airports remain open with daily flights within the country and limited international flights, mostly to return people to their native countries.
Doctors, nurses and other first-line health care workers are now being infected in shocking numbers. Many of them, if asymptomatic, must stay at work because of the shortage of workers. Too many have already died and many more will perish trying to save this country’s sick before this nightmare is over. A number of countries have started sending doctors to help. Russia is planning to send equipment and personnel, and Italian airline Alitalia is sending a jet to Cuba to bring back 52 infectious disease specialists to work in the northern region of the country.
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