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There is so much misinformation out there about this situation, I think skepticism of any report is not an unreasonable position. The Italian media has been cri
by bb123 7y ago
There is so much misinformation out there about this situation, I think skepticism of any report is not an unreasonable position. The Italian media has been criticised for drumming up panic.
- akie 7y agoThe health system is completely overloaded and unable to deal with this (1). And that's in a health system that was rated as one of the best in the world (2). (1) Article in German, shared by Germany's top virologist (1b), the guy who literally developed the test for the corona virus https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/panorama/aus-dem-coronavirus-krisengebiet-tsunami-der-uns-ueberwaeltigt-hat-der-verzweifelte-bericht-eines-italienischen-arztes/25629010.html https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/panorama/aus-dem-co... (1b) https://twitter.com/c_drosten/status/1237650201323737088 https://twitter.com/c_drosten/status/1237650201323737088 (2) many sources, but see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems_in_2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_rank...