Italy to Lock Down Over Quarter of Population

Italy, the epicenter of Europe's coronavirus crisis, is preparing to take the unprecedented step of locking down an entire region that is home to more than 10 million people in a bid to control the spread of the epidemic.
https://www.businessinsider.com/italy-lockdown-lombardy-11-provinces-coronavirus-crisis-2020-3

Less than two weeks ago, Italy had 270 cases and 7 deaths.
https://bioinformaticshome.com/encyclopedia/Timeline-of-COVID-19-outbreak.html

 

jesus

Why doesn't pope frank just ask the alleged jesus-god to stop nasty corona???

 

He tried but Jesus won't return his calls. Too busy with the Chinese I guess.

 

At this point I think we've reached the Mass Hysteria phase.

 

The virus seems to be wiping out communists and leftists......hmm, coincidence? Just sayin'

 

Wishful thinking on your part??? Just sayin’............

This is bringing out the nasty in some

 

Maybe alleged jesus-god is on the phone with prayin' pence...

 

Don't forget Iran it's a hot spot. That's what they get for inviting Chinese and Norks in to run their nuclear weapons program.

 

Oh my...

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/07/coronavirus-cpac-case-123445

 

Well for some on the left, it's old hat already.. Most live on the edge pretty much all their lives..

 

I would image so! Many on the left have never really practiced wishful thinking in a positive way.. So your observation does have a lot of truth to it!

 

Ya think?

I think you may be correct.

"Mass Hysteria"

 

And now over 200 deaths.

 

So much hate. You should get yourself checked out.

 

It could keep the Ferrari guys from making their first race in F1 next weekend.

 

Is it still paranoia is they really are out to get you?

 

A far worse problem than the virus itself.

 

Actually, the first race of the season takes place in Melbourne, Australia, and "the Ferrari guys" are already there. However, since Modena is one of the affected regions and the current lockdown is set to go to at least April 3, they may not be able to go home between races, and they may have trouble getting replacement parts.

The second race is in Bahrain and they've already banned spectators.

No one will be unaffected by this virus, even if they are never infected.

 

Good deal.

 

Italy has 366 deaths from this, but only 7,375 cases? How is that possible? If the coronavirus has a mortality rate of about 1% in an industrialized country like Italy, that would suggest Italy has 36,000+ infected people. Maybe they do, and that's why it really took off the past couple of days over there.

 

That's a good question. Trump is likely not the only head of state trying to downplay this virus. Italy was already economically recessed, and this is going to make it so much worse.

In fact, the travel industry in general is taking a huge hit already. Airlines are taking planes out of service, and who in their right mind would take a cruise?

Look on the bright side: when the dust settles on COVID-19, travel industry stocks will be super cheap. If I survive this, I'm putting my money (which I fortunately took out of equities in early January for a different reason) and buying airline and cruise industry stocks.

 

I don't think the cruise industry will ever be the same. Those quarantined ships will be seared into peoples' minds. It's a bloodbath right now in the futures market. Tomorrow is going to be godawful. I predict they halt trading at some point.

 

133 people died and almost 1500 got infected in the last 24 hours because of that virus.
It is what it is.

https://www.thelocal.it/20200308/latest-italy-coronavirus-cases-

 

The mortality rate is much higher. Italy has put it on +4%.

 

I think they have a lot of undetected cases. Based on the Diamond Princess and S. Korea, the mortality rate is about 1%.