For today's #coronadiary, 29/03/20, #Pisa...

As the security services warn the government of an embyronic revolt in the South...

... how inequality and the black economy are making lockdown tougher for Italy’s people, economy, and society.[1/x]

https://twitter.com/davidsteven/status/1240717135812403200

For @WPReview - @alexevansuk and I wrote about three interlocking emergencies, each unfolding at its own speed…

1. Public health (2 years)
2. Economic, employment, financial (5+ years)
3. Political, social, cultural (generational) [2/x] worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/28611…

Today’s #coronadiary, 24/03/20

A tribute to the Small Shops of #Pisa – the bedrock of local #resilience and heroes for keeping us fed through this dreadful crisis. [1/x] It’s day 15 of lockdown but we’ve never had any problems finding food – and no panic buying yet (it may be coming).

Why the big contrast with the horrendous scenes reported by friends in the US, UK, and elsewhere? [2/x]

https://twitter.com/fox5dc/status/1241027432687247360?s=20

Taken aback again by the sheer number of coronavirus deaths in Italy - 5% of reported infections and with many people not infected long enough yet to be in danger of dying. 6% fatality/detected infections in Lombardy.