Here's a thread for those not taking #COVID19 seriously.
The early and later parts of these days are the hardest. We are afraid of what we will find when we open the newspapers or open our emails in the morning. This morning’s 1st email is from a close friend in the US

“My nephew, and his wife (names removed) are positive for the Corona Virus. They and their young children (both under five) are quarantined for 14 days. My friends and I are dropping off food and necessities to them.
This is the new normal....” The #COVID19 normal.

The new normal in Italy is worse. These last few days, the first newspaper I click onto is the Eco di Bergamo. This morning’s front page carries a photo of Claudio Polzoni, a member of the Italian Carabinieri who died yesterday aged just 46. He had worked until 29 February.

when he took time off to come to terms with the death of #Covid-19 of his father-in-law. He took time off to be with his wife who needed his support as she dealt, from a distance, with the death + burial of her father who, like the other victims in Bergamo, was given no funeral.

On 5 March Claudio Polzoni started to show flu symptoms + was hospitalized on Friday 13th. He had #coronavirus He died 72 hours later. His wife + 10 year-old daughter were not allowed to see him after his hospitalization. Now she has to mourn him alone.

Yesterday, Claudio Polzoni was just another one of the numbers. One of the 607 people who died of or with #Coronavirus in Italy yesterday, one of 4,032 over the past month. Unlike most of the victims, he was young and in good health.

The still unnamed shop assistant in Brescia was also young and healthy. She went home earlier in the week with a high temperature and died at home on Friday. She had tested positive for #Coronavirus. She was 48.
Be responsible. Stay home unless you have to work. Keep others safe