Coronavirus: 196 people die in Italy in 24 hours as cases continue to rise (2,313 new cases today)

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[cba123]

Big, big jump in Italy today.

[cba123]

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/coronavirus-ireland-reports-first-death-after-patient-tested-positive-for-infection-11955339

[DarthVader]

Too much wine, smoking and old age!

[sheehan]

Average age of deaths: 81

no info on ethnicity (but mostly Chinese immigrants).

[JoSixChip]

The end is near!

[TomServo]

Now’s a good time for those cheap vacations to Italy....;-)

[blackdog]

Nowhere does it say the 200 people died from anything? In a country of 80 million people, how many die every day? A lot.

[libh8er]

This is what they get for easy Chinese money.

[FreeReign]

Now’s a good time for those cheap vacations to Italy....;-)

Don't just vacation to Italy. Take a cruise there.

[MplsSteve]

“Don’t just vacation to Italy. Take a cruise there.”

LOL

[Travis McGee]

[kempster]

Our vacation in May to Italy and Sicily just got cancelled or postponed.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

There have been 827 deaths in Italy and the number of cases increased by more than 2,000, from 10,149 to 12,462

These are significant numbers, despite the cries of "False misinformation!" and "Nothing to see here!"

[blackdog]

Ok. I did the math. 122 people die every day in that population pool. Add other deaths from other causes to that bunch and it's well over 200 per day.

Almost 30,000 die each year from old age naturally. ÷ that by 365 = 82 per day. Car accidents, fishing accidents, other diseases like cancer, diabetes, smoking, etc....

[Travis McGee]

>>>I personally believe 1 in 5 to 1 in 4, but 1 in 3 is in ballpark. “Congress’ in-house doctor told Capitol Hill staffers at a close-door meeting this week that he expects 70-150 million people in the U.S. — roughly 1/3 of the country — to contract #COVID19”<<<

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1237828426859454467

[Travis McGee]

Are your other examples doubling every 5 days?

Do you get “exponential?”

[desertfreedom765]

Saw a cartoon showing Boomers buying toilet paper while millennial’s buying plane tickets to Italy in reaction to the virus.

Not sure what that says about either!

[xkaydet65]

The deaths on WorldoMeter represent COVID deaths, not old age, cancer, heart disease, or rheumatoid arthritis.

[Vermont Lt]

Once again...it’s not about dying. It’s never been about dying. It’s the “gumming” up of the system. It’s the cessation of commerce.

People need to get away from the “we are all gonna die” mindset, and get into the “stay away from the hospital” mindset.

[xkaydet65]

You are correct, but IMO too many here see recognizing that COVID is serious and spreading would be helping Trump’s enemies.