Twitter Thread: Italy's Coronavirus Experience

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Mar 16, 2020 12:00 PM EDT

Twitter user @JasonYanowitz shared a Twitter thread that details the progression of Coronavirus over in Italy, and what's been seen of how it's impacted the area, and the people living there. 

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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz If you'e still hanging with friends, going to restaurants/bars, and acting like this isn't a big deal, get your shit together. The following thread is taken from an Italian citizen. As they put it: "To the rest of the world, you have no idea what's coming."
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz As I think everybody knows, Italy is on quarantine because of the coronavirus outbreak. This situation is bad, but what's worse is seeing the rest of the world behaving as if it isn't going to happen to them. We know what you're thinking because we were in your place too.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz Let's see how things developed... STAGE 1: You know that coronavirus exists, and the first cases begin to appear in your country. Well, nothing to worry about, it's just a bad flu! I'm not 75+yo so what could possibly happen to me?
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 1 (cont'd): I'm safe, everybody is overreact- ing, what's the need to go out with masks and stock toilet paper? I'm going to live my life as usual, there's no need to freak out. STAGE 2. The number of cases begins to be significant.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 2 (cont'd): They declare "red zone" and quarantine one or two small cities where they found the first cases and a lot of people were infected (Feb 22nd). Well that's sad and somewhat worrisome but they're taking care of it so nothing to panic about.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 2 (cont'd): There are some deaths but they're all old people so the media is just creating panic for views, how shameful. People lead their life as usual.. I'm not going to stop going out and meeting my friends am 1? It's not going to get me. Everybody's fine here.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 3: The number of cases is rapidly going up. They almost doubled in one day. There's more deaths. They declare red zones and quarantine the 4 regions where the majority of cases are registered (March 7). In Italy 25% of the county is under quarantine.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 3 (cont'd): Schools and universities are closed in these areas but bars, work places, restaurants and so on are still open. The decree gets released by some newspaper before it should...
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 3 (cont'd): They still don't realize the serious- ness of the situation. Everywhere you turn people advise to wash your hands and limit going out, large groups are forbidden, every 5 minutes on TV they remind you of these rules. But it still hasn't settled in people's mind.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 4: The number of cases is heavily increasing. Schools and universities are closed everywhere for at least a month. It's a national health emergency. Hospitals are at capacity, entire units are cleared to make space for coronavirus patients.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 4 (cont'd): There aren't enough doctors and nurses. They're calling retired ones and those in their last 2 years of university. There's no shifts any more, just work as much as you can. Of course doctors and nurses are getting infected, spreading it to their families.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 4 (cont'd): There's too many cases of pneumonia, too many people who need ICU and not enough places for everyone. At this point is like being at war: doctors have to choose who to treat based on their survival chance.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 4 (cont'd): That means that the elderly and trauma/stroke patients can't get treated because corona cases have priority. There's not enough resources for everybody so they have to be distributed for best outcome. I wish I was joking but it's literally what has happened.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 4 (cont'd): People have died because there wasn't any more space. I have a doctor friend who called me devastated because he had to let 3 people die that day. Nurses crying because they see people dying and can't do anything aside from offering some oxygen.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 4 (cont'd): A friend's relative died yesterday of corona because they couldn't treat him. It's chaos, the system is collapsing. Coronavirus and the crisis it's provoking is all you hear about everywhere.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 5: Remember the 10k idiot who ran from the red zone to the rest of Italy? Well, the entire country has to be declared under quarantine (March 9). The goal is to delay the spreading of the virus as much as possible.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 5 (cont'd): People can go to work, do grocery shopping, go to the pharmacy, and all businesses are still open because otherwise the economy would collapse (it already is), but you can't move from your commune unless you have a valid reason.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 5 (cont'd): Now there's fear, you see a lot of people with masks and gloves around but there are still are people who think that they're invincible, who go to restaurants in large groups, hang out with friends to drink and so on. Next step.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 6: 2 days later, it's announced that all (most) businesses are closed: Bars, restaurants, shopping centers, all kinds of shops etc. Everything except supermarkets and pharmacies. You can move around only if you have certification with you.
    via @jasonyanowitz
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    Text - Yano @JasonYanowitz STAGE 6 (cont'd): The certification is an official document where you declare your name, where you're coming from, where you're going and what for. There are a lot of police check points. If you're found outside without a valid reason you risk a fine up to €206.
    via @jasonyanowitz

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