'Nature is taking back Venice': wildlife returns to tourist-free city

Re:'Nature is taking back Venice': wildlife returns to touri... by toyg on Friday March 20, 2020 @11:07AM (#22638099)

Their city parks are just not big enough to accommodate all those people at a safe distance. And of course couples and groups will never actually stay at a distance. Hence the order.

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Re:'Nature is taking back Venice': wildlife returns to touri... by ch4s3 on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:35PM (#22639504)

Couldn't cities just limit the number of people in the park, and presumably couples live together or are in contact anyway?

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Re:'Nature is taking back Venice': wildlife returns to touri... by toyg on Saturday March 21, 2020 @12:09PM (#22647493)

Do you really want to deploy even more already-at-risk police forces, just to count people in a park...? Let’s be real here - people are now forbidden from walking in the city except to get food, let alone stroll in the park.

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Re:'Nature is taking back Venice': wildlife returns to touri... by ch4s3 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @02:30PM (#22657290)

This is silly. I’m just suggesting that people can be informed about the risks, and told to keep their distance. Any enforcement can be pretty light handed. Testing is the key regardless and focusing our efforts there could alleviate many downstream problems.

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Re:'Nature is taking back Venice': wildlife returns to touri... by toyg on Sunday March 22, 2020 @06:03PM (#22659155)

> Any enforcement can be pretty light handed.

From this statement I deduce you're not Italian. "Light handed enforcement" over there does not exist - people will not respect any rule unless they are somewhat certain that they'll be caught and punished for breaking it. Half-measures just don't work, they will be gamed out of existence in a few hours.

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