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Reading this article[0] things look far worse in Italy than how I thought they are. Still I suspect the state can enforce this. It would be nice if its EU partn

• lbeltrame 7y ago
  It's not a matter of assistance or not. If you want lockdowns, you have to have plans on when to lift or ease them (even if you just re-evaluate them every two weeks). Governments and their expert panels can't just think that people will "reprogram" themselves to stay away from most social contacts. It's alienating at best and outright dangerous for one's mind at worst. Once the number of cases gets low, it won't be possible, or justifiable, to keep people locked up. Even more so that some countries that were affected after my own have already begun their plans to lift lockdowns (some with definite dates, some without).