From Italy "My dears! You don’t even have a clue what awaits you in a few weeks! And how in such a short time your life changes, turning into a film - a catastrophe in reality.
So, if you still hang out, go to visit, to work, take your children to kindergartens and schools,
just know: 2 weeks ago we had the same thing. I also laughed, and hoped that it would not touch us before. Now for us, only one thing is relevant - to survive. Survive at all costs and feed the children! But just what ???
I didn’t want to frighten for a long time, but maybe my
description of the current situation will change something in the heads of my Russian (and not only) friends, and even save someone’s life.
Closed everything except grocery stores and pharmacies. We leave the house once a week for groceries, masks and gloves. You need to have
permission to exit, the store is only next to the house within a radius of 1 km. They can be tracked by GPS (your phone number is specified in the permission). Otherwise - a fine of 206 Euros and criminal liability. There are many posts, they check everyone in a row, both by car
and on foot. If you have 1 small shop under the house, and dear, and you want to go to the one where you are used to buying, nobody is interested.
Everything that can be rebuilt as a hospital, like during the war. Today, a cruise ship in Genoa was opened under the hospital.
Patients are accepted only by those between life and death, while those who are hopeless are allowed to simply die. If they bring two, a 30-year-old and a 50-year-old, they will save a 30-year-old, because often there are no respiratory devices. Patients are everywhere
- in the corridors, passageways. Doctors themselves work without shifts, just as long as they stand on their feet. Doctors themselves die like flies.
In the north, bodies are taken out by truck. There are not enough trucks. If your relative was taken away with the crown, and he
could not recover, then you will never see him again. They don’t say goodbye to the body, but take it directly to the crematorium. 700-800 people a day are dying. For little Italy, this is a huge figure.
Not only old people die, but also 30-year-olds and 40-year-olds. They die
very quickly, in a few days, from the moment you realize that you have a crown. And even powerful, strong, like bulls men with strong immunity. And even the children. Yes, they are less in percentage terms, but what do you care about numbers if your child dies?
I never heard a bell ringing on the dead. Now I hear constantly. And this sound eats into your ears, I want to shrink and hide in the farthest corner of the apartment.
So, if you still think that it doesn’t concern you, where is Italy and where are you, here’s the story of how
everything calmly began with us:
- January 30. A virus-infected pair from China was discovered and isolated in Rome. Canceled air communication with China. Everyone is calm. Nothing changes in life.
- February 23. About 100 infected were detected. Hearths are small towns in
northern Italy with quarantine. The rest of Italy walks. Everything is open.
- March 4. Finally, they are closing schools and universities. (Doesn’t it remind me of anything?) All children and students pour out onto the street, the weather good.
- March 8. Nearly 6,000 infected
Tests are done by everyone, then they change tactics, because the numbers are too scary, and accept the method of most European countries: only with symptoms. Looking ahead, I’ll say: now tests are done only for those who are at risk of death.
The entire Lombardy was quarantined.
Museums, cinemas, theaters, sports and shopping centers were closed. Bars and restaurants until 18.00 with the need to maintain distances.
In Rome, they continue to walk. Without masks, of course. The southerners working in the north rushed to their relatives in the south, often
carrying the virus without knowing it.
- March 11th. All Italy becomes a red zone. Almost 13,000 infected. Everything is closed, except for grocery stores, pharmacies and factories. A pandemic is being declared. You can still do it alone on the street, go shopping, but with a
piece of paper for permission. Already scary, but not very. We joke and post jokes in vets up.
- March 23. About 60,000 are infected, of which about 6,000 are dead.
All factories and plants are closing. You can go to the store one at a time every 3 days within a radius of 1 km
from the house. Going beyond your commune is strictly prohibited. Sports outside the home are prohibited. You can move around only for food and if you die (no urgent visits to the doctor are prohibited). Patrols fine everyone without exception for violations. Penalty +
criminal liability.
Military equipment in Bergamo does not cope with the removal of corpses, because there are no more places in local cemeteries, and the stoves cannot cope.
Prime Minister of Italy announces a crisis of the level of World War II in the country. It really looks
like a war. Every family has someone you know, who either died or fights for life. No longer a joke.
All this happened in 1 month.
I do not urge to panic, but I beg you: you need to change your habits now, because in a couple of weeks it will be late. Do not leave home,
do not accept guests, relatives, do not go to work, school, university. (Of course, it mostly depends on the state, but still ..) Wear masks, wash your hands. Treasure your loved ones. Leave home rarely, and at an emergency. Trainers, books, films to help you"
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