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Mine (Italy) did not react professionally at all, in particular in the crucial first days, where there was a huge confusion and contrasts between local and cent
by lbeltrame 7y ago
Mine (Italy) did not react professionally at all, in particular in the crucial first days, where there was a huge confusion and contrasts between local and central government (a paralyzed government who was mostly concerned about a majority party leaving or not leaving until up to this crisis).
Communication also was handled pretty poorly on all levels (central government, local government, and media). Strong measures (likely necessary) were not communicated properly ("do not panic" followed by restrictive measures), and the news are basically happy to provide sensationalist headlines ("coronavirus nightmare", "war bulletin", etc.).
Lastly, the incompetent PM (he is: he's only there because he was "honest") blaming the hospital where the crisis started. This might be true (personally I think not, it is a failure in the chain of command as far as I can see), but you don't come out with these statements. What example are you giving to the country, the citizens, and everywhere in the world? That you don't even know how things are run in the country you are serving as part of the executive branch.
Also the experts (I do not use quotes, they are, or at least should be) providing explanations for the general public often coming up with contradictory statements (because of the various unknowns surrounding this virus and its behavior outside China). And the general public, which is unequipped to understand, gets even more confused.
This also led to the mass hysteria from the last weekend, with people raiding pharmacies and supermarkets. And the press from abroad (in Spain and at least in Colombia, from what I've seen) sensationalized that even more, up to the point that an acquaintance of mine (Colombian) got a worried phone call from her father because he was worried she'd starve.
"Professional"? Not by any means.