Sean Wagner
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#ITALY
Sadly, there's been a slight rise in deaths again, to 475. Giulio Gallera, Lombardy's health commissioner [not sure that's the correct translation for "assessore"], said in an interview with La Reppublica that people in their 40's and 50's were requiring ventilators too. He's called for a complete shutdown, as hospitals are "at the end of their tether".
Spare a thought for the doctors who wake up to a new day of having to decide who gets a chance to live, and who dies. They deserve and need the fullest support of their communities.
Edit: incidentally, I'm just a few miles away now from a hospital across the border in France where there's been a hotspot and patients must be flown out due to a case overload.
I still think that massive, repeated testing on top of the usual measures is the fastest and also least costly way to get a grip on the pandemic.
Sadly, there's been a slight rise in deaths again, to 475. Giulio Gallera, Lombardy's health commissioner [not sure that's the correct translation for "assessore"], said in an interview with La Reppublica that people in their 40's and 50's were requiring ventilators too. He's called for a complete shutdown, as hospitals are "at the end of their tether".
Spare a thought for the doctors who wake up to a new day of having to decide who gets a chance to live, and who dies. They deserve and need the fullest support of their communities.
Edit: incidentally, I'm just a few miles away now from a hospital across the border in France where there's been a hotspot and patients must be flown out due to a case overload.
I still think that massive, repeated testing on top of the usual measures is the fastest and also least costly way to get a grip on the pandemic.
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