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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by jyrkesh on Saturday March 14, 2020 @09:48PM (#22580462)
The local police imprisoned a doctor for speaking out about a fast-growing pneumonia disease. They didn't just ignore it, they actively quashed discussion of it
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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by throw_564324 on Saturday March 14, 2020 @11:20PM (#22580939)
They did not imprison him.

They did squash discussion of it.

Once the national government found out, they fired the local officials and lauded the doctor as a hero.

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