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You're not used to the exponential nature of the spread, which makes the numbers look disproportionate, but we aren't being hit much harder. We were only hit e

You're not used to the exponential nature of the spread, which makes the numbers look disproportionate, but we aren't being hit much harder. We were only hit earlier, and not that much earlier even. Most other European countries are now at 20-40 cases per million inhabitants, where Italy was 5-10 days ago[1]. They will be in our situation or worse in a week, since Italy had already started putting (mild) containment measures in place in the last week of February. [1] https://twitter.com/fagiolinux/status/1237059898304847874/photo/1 https://twitter.com/fagiolinux/status/1237059898304847874/ph...

mrtksn 7y ago
How was the sentiment in the public before it hit the fan? Do you have politicians or celebrities who peddle the "It's only a flu" argument?
- bonzini 7y ago
  We did during the first week, i.e. 10 days ago approximately, including the opposition pandering to their base about how the government was incompetent. They have since backtracked, and the opposition leader (Salvini) has never been so silent.
  - mrtksn 7y ago
    It feels as if all these people were trained in a secret CIA guerilla training camp and spread across the world to champion the same bullshit. I find it creepy.
    - shadowgovt 7y ago
      It wasn't a secret CIA camp; it was the Internet. We created systems for like-minded individuals who were previously geographically separated to find each other and cross-communicate easily, asynchronously, peer-to-peer, and globally. What you're seeing that looks like organized planning by a central office is more the effect of these people all reading (and posting on) the same news sources and message boards regardless of country of origin.
- rambojazz 7y ago
  The "it's only a flu" sentiment never died and nor has "it only kills elders", albeit more people are taking it seriously because hospitals may soon begin to select who has access to ICU. It feels like "I have nothing to hide" you know, or "if you have something to hide then you are a criminal"; some things are never taken seriously.

mrtksn 7y ago

How was the sentiment in the public before it hit the fan? Do you have politicians or celebrities who peddle the "It's only a flu" argument?

bonzini 7y ago
We did during the first week, i.e. 10 days ago approximately, including the opposition pandering to their base about how the government was incompetent. They have since backtracked, and the opposition leader (Salvini) has never been so silent.
- mrtksn 7y ago
  It feels as if all these people were trained in a secret CIA guerilla training camp and spread across the world to champion the same bullshit. I find it creepy.
  - shadowgovt 7y ago
    It wasn't a secret CIA camp; it was the Internet. We created systems for like-minded individuals who were previously geographically separated to find each other and cross-communicate easily, asynchronously, peer-to-peer, and globally. What you're seeing that looks like organized planning by a central office is more the effect of these people all reading (and posting on) the same news sources and message boards regardless of country of origin.
rambojazz 7y ago
The "it's only a flu" sentiment never died and nor has "it only kills elders", albeit more people are taking it seriously because hospitals may soon begin to select who has access to ICU. It feels like "I have nothing to hide" you know, or "if you have something to hide then you are a criminal"; some things are never taken seriously.