> Lombardy (the region of Northern Italy where this was concentrated) has a very very good health system. To be honest, it was good, but it was not as good as

> Lombardy (the region of Northern Italy where this was concentrated) has a very very good health system. To be honest, it was good, but it was not as good as people hoped. Massive errors like allowing infections to run rampant in the hospital in Alzano Lombardo contributed a lot to the spread of the disease in the area around Bergamo and Brescia. ICUs were also at 80% utilization when the pandemic hit, because beds have been slashed a lot in the past years.