My latest: A lot of Bay Area life has ground to a halt. Is that really necessary? Yes. San Franciscans living in Milan are pleading with their friends and family here to take the #coronavirus seriously to avoid the fate of Italy, now on total lockdown. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heathe…
“People have to stop thinking about this as an economic crisis. It’s life or death.” — @amandakfried, whose dream Italian sabbatical was ended by the #coronavirus. Listen to her crucial report from Milan before her family opted to leave the country. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/san…
“We can’t be Italy,” said Dr. Andre Campbell, SF General’s @TraumaDocSF, noting hospitals there are so overwhelmed with #coronavirus patients, they can’t properly treat other emergencies like heart attacks and strokes. Hear ways to #FlattenTheCurve here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/san…
In Italy, with all 60 million people ordered to stay home, people are entertaining and encouraging each other by singing out the windows. Lost it when he picked up his little boy.
Just chatted with @amandakfried who is self-quarantining with her family in Los Angeles after quickly leaving lockdown in Milan. The family flew through Munich to LAX and was not screened for symptoms for the #coronavirus or even asked about it a single time.
An Italian newspaper had 1.5 pages of obituaries on February 9. It had 10 pages of obituaries on March 13. If you care about sick and elderly people in our community, stay home as much as you can.
