Re:Containment gets harder every day we delay
by toyg on Sunday March 15, 2020 @09:38PM
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> just before the shutdown of the north, a lot of people fled the north
Part of the North had already been in shutdown for a week or so. Unfortunately, a plan to greatly expand the quarantined zone was leaked to the press by a shady journalist-spy-henchman. This resulted in thousands of Milanese rushing to "escape" before the plan had officially been announced. At that point, instead of going ahead with that plan, the government shut down the whole country and instructed local authorities in the South to control and monitor the stream of "escapees".
> less willing to socially isolate their elderly
I think that's a bit of a stereotype - in reality there are plenty of socially-isolated elderly in any major Italian city. It's just that the average age is so high over there, "the elderly" as a category includes __a lot__ of people, very often still working in their 60s or 70s in key roles (or nominally retired but, say, running amateur football clubs or volunteering in other third-sector activities that end up being essential to local life). Socially isolating all of them is simply unfeasible - you'd end up paralizing most regional assemblies and even the national Parliament, for example.
Part of the North had already been in shutdown for a week or so. Unfortunately, a plan to greatly expand the quarantined zone was leaked to the press by a shady journalist-spy-henchman. This resulted in thousands of Milanese rushing to "escape" before the plan had officially been announced. At that point, instead of going ahead with that plan, the government shut down the whole country and instructed local authorities in the South to control and monitor the stream of "escapees".
> less willing to socially isolate their elderly
I think that's a bit of a stereotype - in reality there are plenty of socially-isolated elderly in any major Italian city. It's just that the average age is so high over there, "the elderly" as a category includes __a lot__ of people, very often still working in their 60s or 70s in key roles (or nominally retired but, say, running amateur football clubs or volunteering in other third-sector activities that end up being essential to local life). Socially isolating all of them is simply unfeasible - you'd end up paralizing most regional assemblies and even the national Parliament, for example.