[irishjuggler]

Italy is doing something wrong. No other country comes even close to Italy in rate of infections or death.

What are factors that are making things go so badly in Italy?
Just brainstorming here...
- An elderly population, huge relative number of people in the 70-100 range.
- Extensive smoking history of that elderly population
- Large number of people living in apartment buildings where exposure through elevators, hallways, stairways, ventilation is possible.
- Large number of people relying on public transportation (trains, buses, metro, etc.) where exposure possible.
- failure to shut down events, restaurants, nightclubs soon enough

[dfwgator]

Spain might find themselves in the same boat very soon.

[nbenyo]

What Italy did wrong is denial. Too many here are making the same mistake.