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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by LoSboccacc on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @04:32AM (#22533745)
most people outside of the previous red zone is uncaring about the new emergency restrictions

step 1 should have been to bring military in the streets to enforce the thing, because police is both decimated by the virus and overwhelmed from the new responsibilities and cannot handle what's happening

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by ithkuil on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @05:45AM (#22534075)
perhaps there is no need to go to extremes.

Where I live I already have to provide my babysitter a signed letter where I certify that she comes to work here. She's from a different township (comune) and the police could fine her if caught without that document.

It's not going to stop 100% of people from moving around, but even it this reduces the spread by a few % it's already a big improvement; even reducing the daily rate from 21% to 20% can have a 20x effect on total cases over a year.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by LoSboccacc on Saturday March 21, 2020 @03:52AM (#22645220)
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/20/europe/italy-military-cor...

so I guess I was right since the beginning

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by LoSboccacc on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:13AM (#22534202)
lol I'm not advocating treating it as a war zone, just calling in the military to do police work
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