Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country

Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by hurrdurr2 on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @01:39AM (#22533057)

One of our older neighbors are inviting everyone on the nextdoor app to go to their house for movie night to prove that this is just a flu. The entire thread is people making fun of covid19 and how they are angry their retirement accounts are getting hit.

I wish I was making this up.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by pengaru on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @02:49AM (#22533327)

"there's no point for democracy when ignorance is celebrated" - NOFX

The whole song is disturbingly accurate/prophetic.

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nofx/idiotsaretakingover.htm...

I'm completely unsurprised by what you're describing. I observed similarly disturbing behavior waiting in line @ Home Depot the other day. A customer was excited to find they had hand sanitizer in stock, and another customer told him there's a whole aisle full of the stuff and that all the covid stuff is fake news which devolved into nonsensical madness between yokels I had to just walk away from. Of course our Home Depot had some in stock, we're in rural bumblefuck middle of nowhere. Our stores only run out of things when the employees forget to do their jobs.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by hurrdurr2 on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @01:48PM (#22537667)

Yeah it's crazy. I suggested in the thread that they should take this a little more seriously and was immediately attacked for being a doom mongering idiot.

Oh well, I tried.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by hef19898 on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:28AM (#22534276)

The last sentence applies to all stores, so. Unless people freak out and stock up for the apocalypse, in which case resupply might take a couple of days.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by newtoday on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @01:55AM (#22533114)

Geez, what part of the country if you don't mind me asking? Arrogance, ignorance, and disinformation is literally going to kill us. Thanks for sharing that.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by hurrdurr2 on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @05:02AM (#22533893)

Bay Area, CA

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by newtoday on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @06:32PM (#22551535)

Thanks for the reply. I guess I'm not surprised. What movie? ;)

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by chinathrow on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @10:49AM (#22535895)

It might help telling him that in some regions of northern Italy, patients over 65 with arrests are not assessed any longer and are not treated in an ICU, they are left to die.

I wish I was making this up.

Edit: Source added.

https://twitter.com/jasonvanschoor/status/123714289107769753...

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by markvdb on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @03:03AM (#22533361)

Darwin will solve this irresponsibly stupid behavior. Causing a lot of collateral damage unfortunately.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by wooger on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @05:44AM (#22534069)

No, old people have likely already re-produced, and will not be prevented from reproducing if they die now.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by markvdb on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:36AM (#22534309)

I have to concede you're partly right. Darwin will solve more than you think though:

- Some old irresponsibly stupid males are still sexually active. Darwin would stop them reproducing.

- The old irresponsibly stupid neighbour is still a magnet for younger, sexually reproductive irresponsibly stupid people, probably more so than for others.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by eeZah7Ux on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @07:25AM (#22534505)

Please live "social darwinism" to 4chan.

Ignorance is not transmitted genetically.

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