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1/ Since I have so many new followers as I'm #LiveTweetingthePandemic, I thought I'd go over where things stand in Italy and how we got here.
I think it will give you a good roadmap of what to expect in your near future.
I think it will give you a good roadmap of what to expect in your near future.
2/ Over the course of just a few weeks the Italian govt has gradually put in place measures to reduce contact between people. Why gradually? Because people and govts want to maintain the status quo and this thing is so different that they can't comprehend that it requires...
3/ a different kind of response. It seems like an overreaction.
So it starts with a few areas being quarantined or contained (Red Zones). The creation of Yellow Zones where kids stay home from school but everything else is normal.
Next comes the expansion of the Red Zones...
So it starts with a few areas being quarantined or contained (Red Zones). The creation of Yellow Zones where kids stay home from school but everything else is normal.
Next comes the expansion of the Red Zones...
1/ So here I am, #LiveTweetingthePandemic of #COVID2019 from Italy which as of tomorrow morning is one big, honkin' Red Zone until April 3rd.
If nothing else it resolves a lot of the questions my family had to deal with for the past few days, i.e....
If nothing else it resolves a lot of the questions my family had to deal with for the past few days, i.e....
2/ can I move from RED to YELLOW since I was right on the border of the RED but we had things to do in the YELLOW? Now it's all RED so we're all free to move around where we like, except we're asked to do that ONLY if it's really necessary.
How does this all work?
How does this all work?
3/ The main rule is just stay at home. If you need to go out for some reason (work, need, health, traveling home) there is a form you can download and fill out that you carry with you, or that you fill out when the police stops you and they give you the form.
Ok people it’s time for some tough love. Please RETWEET THIS because everybody needs to hear it.
Like it or not, your life is about to be affected by #COVID2019. Take it from me – I’m in the middle of a yellow zone in Italy with my family. /1
#COVID2019 #LiveTweetingthePandemic
Like it or not, your life is about to be affected by #COVID2019. Take it from me – I’m in the middle of a yellow zone in Italy with my family. /1
#COVID2019 #LiveTweetingthePandemic
Setting aside whether the virus is dangerous or not (that’s not my area), the fact remains that institutions are taking measures to fight it and so your life is likely to be affected in some manner, whether you like it or not, whether you get sick or not. /2
I understand. You feel like you’re overreacting if you take any steps to get ready for #COVID2019. Nobody’s got it where you live. It’s “just a flu.”
But the world you’re living in today is not the world you were living in last week. This is not freaking out. This is reality./3
But the world you’re living in today is not the world you were living in last week. This is not freaking out. This is reality./3
