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One big reason there are so many recorded cases in Italy is that they managed to screw up and not only failed to test someone until 36 hours after the third tim
by makomk 7y ago
One big reason there are so many recorded cases in Italy is that they managed to screw up and not only failed to test someone until 36 hours after the third time they sought medical care, they also failed to practice proper infection control when handling that case. So it's been spreading through their medical system like wildfire and seeding infections to other countries.
- pmoriarty 7y agoIt seems that nearly all countries have screwed up their handling of this outbreak in the early stages. But at least now they're testing, and doing so way more than the US has been doing. They deserve praise for that, and the US needs to ramp up their testing a hundred-fold!
- davidw 7y agoYeah, the first person to die in Italy was from a tiny little town that's kind of out of the way. It's not the kind of busy, international spot where you'd expect to find an initial outbreak of this kind of thing. I used to ride my bike through it pretty much every weekend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B2