Coronavirus news: death toll in Italy rises by 16% in 24 hours, now at 2503, 3526 new cases

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/17/coronavirus-live-news-updates-uk-us-australia-europe-france-italy-who-self-isolation-travel-bans-borders-latest-update

Italy's death toll rises by 16% in 24 hours
The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Italy has risen to 31,506, from 27,980 on Monday, Reuters reports.

The death toll also increased by 16% in the last 24 hours, by 345 to 2,503.


Coronavirus: 'Radical Change' To Life; Italy's Cases Surpass 31,500

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/17/817096232/coronavirus-radical-change-to-life-as-covid-19-reaches-152-countries

"As of today, 152 countries across the globe are affected by this new virus and over 7,000 people have lost their lives to it," the World Health Organization's regional director for Europe said Tuesday, describing the reach of a coronavirus that is disrupting lives in countries around the world.

"One-third of globally reported cases are in the European region," the WHO's Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge said, reiterating his agency's recent acknowledgement that the COVID-19 pandemic's epicenter lies not in China, where this coronavirus was discovered in December, but in Europe.

"The lives of millions of people in our region are undergoing radical change. There is quite simply a new reality," Kluge said in a briefing that was held in a U.N. building that has been nearly completely abandoned as workers stay home to practice social distancing. As Kluge spoke, a large bottle of hand sanitizer sat on the table in front of him.

The U.S. has more than 5,600 cases of the respiratory virus, as of midday Tuesday, and 94 people have died. New York is reporting some 1,700 cases, and Washington state is reporting nearly 1,000.

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1. Some of my rw acquaintances on FB are still poo-pooing social distancing.

Last night they exchanged ignorant comments about how insane it is that governments are making businesses close.

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. ~bumper sticker philosophy

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2. They won't be pooh poohing this before long, ignorant asses (pardon my french). Just a ...

matter of time unfortunately. rump and all of the other talking heads are quickly changing their minds after they've seen the CV impact thus far.

These FB a&&holes (pardon my language) are the ones you need to watch, for they'll continue to go out and get sick, and then spread CV inadvertently to others. Be safe.

[Celerity]

3. many of the RW'ers will end up herd-thinned, it just sucks they will spread it to innocents