BTW, we’d discussed Brazil briefly, a couple days ago. I noticed Italy is a mess, too...
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/italy/
More lockdowns announced:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/13/europe/italy-coronavirus-national-lockdown-intl/index.html
Yes, Italy is taking it hard, again.
Culturally, they have a lot of physical interaction. Families live together, and old folks are kept at home (rather than in homes) more than here. Not as robust of a medical system as say, Germany, and lots of immigrants.
So far, it seems that people who are re-infected by COVID-19, have very little serious disease, and virtually no deaths. The projection is that once it works its way through the adult population (naturally or through vaccination), it will become like another endemic version of the cold - just a case of coughs that kids go through while growing up, with very low rates of hospitalization or death.