27th November 2020
Italy’s covid experience was not particularly different to its previous “bad flu” years
Italy’s performance has been a big mystery – and I’ve not had time to study it. This is a placeholder post on this topic.
Italy has been a mystery but Wolfgang Wodarg has provided some helpful clues (this is from May 2020).
I'm also compiling a blog post on Italy's covid experience – do send me any relevant info you find.
Source: https://t.co/isVQmS04Yjpic.twitter.com/oHDDEPrcl6
— Sanjeev Sabhlok, Pope @Church of Reason & Liberty (@sabhlok) November 23, 2020
INFO COMPILED BY IRENE ROBINSON
Medic’s own experience in Bergamo – citing potential increase of hospitalisations of cardiovascular patients and heart failure to be expected following pandemic. Also limitations within own hospital system:
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/41/19/1783/5816894
This has a slide that shows timeline of events in Italy
https://academic.oup.com/intqhc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/intqhc/mzaa057/5840521
Deaths in nursing homes labelled as “the silent massacre” due to mishandling:
Forced prioritisation of young over elderly in Italy:
https://www.politico.eu/article/coronavirus-italy-doctors-tough-calls-survival/