Posted on 03/12/2020 10:52:57 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
An Italian actor who appeared in the TV drama “Gomorrah” has posted a heartbreaking video pleading for help as the body of his sister, who died of the coronavirus, is seen in the background.
Luca Franzese, a mixed martial arts trainer, was trapped in his Naples home with the decaying body of Teresa Franzese, who died of the illness on Saturday.
“I am waiting for the institutions to give me answers since last night. Nobody came forward,” the grief-stricken man said Sunday in the emotional video posted on Facebook.
“This is a very strong video, please don’t show it to children and elderly people. I am forced in all my pain to fight this situation — I have my sister here in bed, dead. I don’t know what to do, I can’t honor her as she deserves because institutions abandoned me,” he said.
“I contacted everyone, but nobody was able to give me an answer,” said Franzese, who was unable to find a funeral home that would bury his sister.
Italy, where all 60 million inhabitants remain under lockdown, has confirmed 827 deaths from the coronavirus and identified more than 12,000 cases.
The 47-year-old woman, who suffered from a form of epilepsy but was otherwise in good health, had developed symptoms of coronavirus just a few days before she died, according to Al Jazeera.
At her brother’s insistence, Teresa was tested for the virus after she died and confirmed to have been infected, the news outlet reported.
Franzese said health officials refused to test him because they said they first had to know whether she was infected.
“I self-isolated myself. Today I could go anywhere to spread the virus if I have it because I gave my sister a mouth-to-mouth to keep her alive and no one cared,” he said.
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I think this is more a comment on the failure of institutions of Italy than it is a comment on the Virus That Killed Everybody On The Planet.
Question... if he’s “abandoned by authorities” who did the test for the virus?
Considering many believe this is all faked, I suspect the denial will continue
“The 47-year-old woman, who suffered from a form of epilepsy but was otherwise in good health ...”
Sounds like she wasn’t in “good health.”
It really does seem that coronavirus takes the elderly and infirm. And that healthy people tend to get sick and recover.
That’s it. No more ziti.
Amazing denial of reality, there. It’s bizarre to see.
Covid-19 outside China
https://twitter.com/i/status/1237760317553119233
Anthony ‘A.J.’ Soprano Jr.: So what, no f-ing ziti now?
:)
A literal “Bring out Your Dead” moment.
Having a seizure disorder is not a debilitating disease.
https://www.ranker.com/list/athletes-with-epilepsy/people-in-sports
He loved her enough to risk his own life.
I don’t deny the disease or the deaths in Italy. I do think that Italy has not handled the disease well. Italy hasn’t handled things well in decades.
This isn’t an Either-Or.
Is the disease tragic? Yes.
Are Italian Institutions failing the Italians? Yes.
It really does seem that coronavirus takes the elderly and infirm. And that healthy people tend to get sick and recover.”
Just like any communicable disease.
It would not be heartless but instead self reliant to take care of business for oneself. Screw the govt. Either bury her in the yard or have a funeral pyre. Don’t whine while she rots! What am I missing here?
“Are Italian Institutions failing the Italians? Yes.”
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You’ll find that is the case whereever it’s going on unchecked, including here in the US. Places that decided to tackle it head ASAP on have had a better outcome.
[It would not be heartless but instead self reliant to take care of business for oneself. Screw the govt. Either bury her in the yard or have a funeral pyre. Don’t whine while she rots! What am I missing here?]
I haven’t heard one person say there’s anything fake about it.
I have heard people saying it’s being overhyped.
The flu targets te elderly and infirm. Any other dosease will too because immune response in the elderly and infirm aren’t as strong as other demographics’ are.
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