Posted on 10/28/2020 6:31:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Europeans are in open rebellion over the reimposition of harsh anti-Coronavirus lockdown measures. Severe limits on personal freedoms have failed to arrest the spread of the China virus in Italy and Spain, as positive tests for the virus have surged in both nations after relaxing the measures imposed last spring. The Financial Times reports:
The governments of Italy and Spain, the European countries hardest hit by the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, announced sweeping measures on Sunday to combat a surge in the number of new cases.
Italy said it would introduce the harshest public health restrictions since the end of its first national lockdown in May as new coronavirus cases hit a fresh daily record. Spain announced a nationwide curfew and triggered emergency powers after the country’s infection rate jumped by almost a third over the past week.
Giuseppe Conte, Italian prime minister, said that starting from Monday all bars and restaurants across the country would have to close by 6pm. Under the proposed measures, to remain in place for a month, schools and workplaces will remain open.
Gyms, swimming pools, theatres and cinemas will close, and Italians are “strongly recommended” not to leave their immediate areas apart from for studying, work or health reasons.
Riots began Monday in Turin and spread to other Italian cities. The BBC reports:
Clashes were reported in the northern cities such as Turin, where petrol bombs were thrown at officers.
In Milan tear gas was used to disperse protesters, and thousands of people gathered in the centre of Naples.
The demonstrations began soon after the national government's order to close restaurants, bars, gyms and cinemas came into effect at 18:00 local time.
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People in America tell me only Republicans are against the lockdowns.
Meanwhile I’ve seen people of all (and no) political affiliation gathers in groups of hundreds or even thousands (mostly in commerce, sometimes in recreation, I am not at this time referring to “protests” or “political rallies”).
People are done with the lockdowns. They’ve put their lives (and livelihoods) on hold for half a year.
People’s health is declining. In my own family my mom’s mobility has dramatically fallen off out of “staying in” and also not getting out and getting in walking every day. I hope that she won’t have to have to go into an assisted care facility for the rest of her life.
Bad diets are in, weight gain is in
This is a bad trend. And people aren’t getting to have regular screening for cancer, heart disease and the like.
We are all expendable. This isn’t about a damn virus.
In the face of the COVID “3rd Wave”, the world asks “WWJBD? (What would Joe Biden do?)”
After all, he’s campaigning on being able to manage the pandemic.
Most of Europe is starting to resist these lockdowns. As Americans sit and await the next round of “who knows what” measures to be inacted by mini dictators here in the states.
And we thought Europeans were peasants....
We’ve gone from “yearning to breathe free” to masking up.
Shame on US.
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