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Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country

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Re: Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country

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Post by bilekas »

ccmcarey wrote: post #194
bilekas wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I was not very surprised that Italy turned out to be the (first?) major hit in Europe. Considering the strong business connection Just be honest and say that it did happen from tourism. It's ok to say that moron. You so full of shit it's unreal. If what you said was true, America would be dead my by now. Hahah I'll pull myself. That is more truth than your words.

Comments like yours have no place on HN. I don't know how, but someone should ping dang / other admin to address this.

No no no, I genuinely ask.. Why is it okay for the popular message to get the favour, yeah Italy is extending it, but shitty information is supposed to be the antithesis of HN.

Re: Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country

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Post by [deleted] »

fruffy wrote: post #148
cm2187 wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. Agree 2. Possibly, I don't think Macron is immune to over-reaction 3. The economic damage is the damage caused by the reaction, not by the virus itself 4. I am not talking about some rural generalist. These are infectious diseases specialists, who from what I can tell publish in the likes of the New England, I give them more credit on that topic than the average TV anchor or newspaper editor

>The economic damage is the damage caused by the reaction, not by the virus itself Exactly. I wonder what would have happened if this entire virus was treated similarly to the seasonal flu.

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Re: Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country

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Post by agumonkey »

tim333 wrote: post #69
DrNuke wrote: post #50

Tocilizumab drug in Naples hospital seems promising: «The health of the patient suffering from covid 19, who arrived in critical condition, intubated and treated with the new drug therapy is recovering. Maybe we extubate him because his conditions have improved a lot ». They also say they got confirmation from Chinese colleagues who tested that earlier on 21 cases. The drug is now undergoing trial at Roche. https://w…

That and some other stuff http://en.people.cn/n3/2020/0307/c90000-9665722.html Chloroquine remains quite promising for the early stages http://news.southcn.com/nfplus/gdjktt/content/2020-03/09/con...

so we're gonna a see a n-therapy to cover the whole span ?

Re: Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country

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Post by bilekas »

ccmcarey wrote: post #194
bilekas wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I was not very surprised that Italy turned out to be the (first?) major hit in Europe. Considering the strong business connection Just be honest and say that it did happen from tourism. It's ok to say that moron. You so full of shit it's unreal. If what you said was true, America would be dead my by now. Hahah I'll pull myself. That is more truth than your words.

Comments like yours have no place on HN. I don't know how, but someone should ping dang / other admin to address this.

It's okay to say tourism spread corona.

Re: Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country

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Post by bilekas »

ccmcarey wrote: post #194
bilekas wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I was not very surprised that Italy turned out to be the (first?) major hit in Europe. Considering the strong business connection Just be honest and say that it did happen from tourism. It's ok to say that moron. You so full of shit it's unreal. If what you said was true, America would be dead my by now. Hahah I'll pull myself. That is more truth than your words.

Comments like yours have no place on HN. I don't know how, but someone should ping dang / other admin to address this.

> Comments like yours have no place on HN

What ?

Think about that.

Re: Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country

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Post by bilekas »

ccmcarey wrote: post #198
bilekas wrote: post #175

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can appreciate this, I am one good half Italian, I have old family locked up in Modena. I love Italy, I consider it home, but I will argue against the opinion. And that is what it is. An opinion. Listen, forget China, forget their words, their actions are fucking insane. In Modena, the same thing is happening, we are all in glass houses. Italy has been praised for their action. Even from the WHO, myself included wi…

You've responded twice to this comment in insulting and rude ways.

Yeah, because the original comment was completely shitty.

- I don't think I'm an asshole, but I might come across as one, so hear me out and I'll hear you out. This context of the OP is not the same.

Re: Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country

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Post by dboreham »

pkaye wrote: post #73
vkou wrote: post #6

For anyone claiming that this is just a flu: I've never heard of an entire country being shut down because of the flu.

But the flu does kill a lot of people yearly. I tried to look up the mortality rate for Italy. The best I found is estimated 68000 attributed to flu over period from 2013-2017. And you will find similar high numbers in many other countries. Perhaps we are expecting it to be worse that this? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197121...

Yes we are.

Re: Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country

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Post by dboreham »

fruffy wrote: post #148
cm2187 wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. Agree 2. Possibly, I don't think Macron is immune to over-reaction 3. The economic damage is the damage caused by the reaction, not by the virus itself 4. I am not talking about some rural generalist. These are infectious diseases specialists, who from what I can tell publish in the likes of the New England, I give them more credit on that topic than the average TV anchor or newspaper editor

>The economic damage is the damage caused by the reaction, not by the virus itself Exactly. I wonder what would have happened if this entire virus was treated similarly to the seasonal flu.

This experiment has already been run.

Re: Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country

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Post by mantap »

Nursie wrote: post #179
bArray wrote: post #124

Just spoken to an Italian friend, apparently they got a few hours notice before this was enforced (much more kept under-wraps than the previous quarantine of Northern Italy). Expect other Western European Countries to follow this pattern as the number of cases increase [1]. I would specifically be looking at France, Spain and Germany as potential next candidates. If people here haven't already, I would recommend not…

People in the UK have already been panic buying, mostly pasta and toilet roll AFAICT

It’s probably a good thing honestly. Better that people panic buy now, when the disease is still rare, than later when it isn’t. There’s only so many toilet rolls that a person needs.

Re: Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country

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Post by bilekas »

ganonm wrote: post #200
bilekas wrote: post #195

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You're wife is an MD and you're worried about the news. Make sure you tell us all where your wife is so we can actually avoid her. > very few actual doctors around, nurses stepping up, orderlies assisting nurses with basics. Should probably text that lad

Second spammy, abusive comment from this account. Please ban.

How ? Discussion is based on opinion ? I like HN, but what are you talking about ?
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