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Gøtzsche says: The high death rates in Italy could be due to a variety of factors like testing protocols, median age, gregariousness, air pollution, criteria for "death by coronavirus", lack of ventilators, and other things. To what degree each of these contributes to the death rates is not...

I am not sure what it's like in other countries.

Cases increased by more than yesterday.

If this is true with bars and restaurants closed the spread of the infection should drop dramatically.

Yes, that is the smallest percent increase recorded so far, at 8.10%. That's still a very rapid growth rate however. It needs to come down much more. If it continues at this rate in a week there will be almost twice as many sick as there are now which is very bad.

Interesting comments on how Japan is dealing with the virus.

Avoid hospitals if you can. And healthcare workers need good personal protection and disinfection routines.

A bit of hope: Yesterday in Italy there were 6557 new cases (+13,94%), but today only 5560 (+10,38%).

My home town had its first death (out of 10 known infected cases). There is also a newborn that is infected. PS: and 4 people recovered, so that is good news at least. Tomorrow they will begin disinfecting the streets. Just like the Chinese did.

The irony is I think that the reluctance to spend money on containing the virus in order to spare the economy might well end up doing economic damage that exceeds that of an aggressive and early containment strategy. Time is so precious when dealing with a situation where infection and death...

I don't know but think they're closed for everyone.

According to the Italian radio this morning, from tomorrow all non essential work will be suspended. Presumably work that doesn't involve physical contact with others will be allowed. The fines for people that don't respect the lockdown rules and meet in groups will also be increased.

The lockdown in Italy is only a partial one. In other words a portion of people continue working.

It's not clear what the author is saying here. It sounds like yet another attempt to say the patients are converting their emotions into illness.