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| + | The beginning of the '''COVID-19 global lockdowns''' in March 2020 were justified with dramatic pictures of overwhelmed hospitals and army convoys moving away corpses at night in Northern Italy. | ||
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| + | Northern Italy has one of the best public health systems in the Western world. More than in about four weeks in February/March 2020. With over 31,500 confirmed cases and 2,500 dead, the country's doctors and nurses were struggling to keep up. They were running out of beds, equipment and even people, as the hospitals' intensive care unit were occupied by coronavirus patients hooked up to [[ventilators]]. The limited resources were forcing doctors to make excruciating decisions about whom to treat — and who may be beyond help.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/italy-has-world-class-health-system-coronavirus-has-pushed-it-n1162786</ref> | ||
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| + | As Italy hit its highest single-day death toll in March [[2020]], the army was brought into f [[Bergamo]], the country’s worst affected city to remove dozens of coffins piling up in [[churches]] or filling [[morgues]] beyond capacity. Video footage showed a column of military vehicles snaking through the streets of the city to collect around 60 coffins to be transferred to central Italy for [[cremation]]. Residents responded to the ghastly sight of army vehicles carrying coffins away with sorrow and [[shock]]. “Seeing the street behind your house invaded by army vehicles is a sight that is bound to have an effect on you,” Lucia Ferrante, a resident of Bergamo, told [[The Independent]].<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-italy-army-deaths-corpses-bodies-bergamo-cases-a9411401.html</ref> | ||
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==Crowded COVID-19 Wards== | ==Crowded COVID-19 Wards== | ||
Footage of crowded Italian COVID-19 hospital wards were repeatedly used by US media, with titles indicating they were in [[New York]] or elsewhere in the US. | Footage of crowded Italian COVID-19 hospital wards were repeatedly used by US media, with titles indicating they were in [[New York]] or elsewhere in the US. | ||
==COVID in Italy== | ==COVID in Italy== | ||
| − | In October [[2021]] the official Italian Higher Institute of Health ([[Istituto | + | In October [[2021]] the official Italian Higher Institute of Health ([[Istituto Superiore di Sanità]]) corrected the number of estimated Covid deaths since February 2020, from over 130,000 to below 4,000. It turned out that 97.1% of the deaths that had so far been attributed to Covid-19 were not directly related to the disease. At the same time, the health institute reported that Covid has killed fewer people than the average seasonal [[influenza|flu]].<ref>https://www.iltempo.it/attualita/2021/10/21/news/rapporto-iss-morti-covid-malattie-patologie-come-influenza-pandemia-disastro-mortalita-bechis-29134543/</ref> |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Date | March 2020 - April 2020 |
| Location | Lombardy, Italy |
| Description | At the beginning of the global lockdowns in March 2020, pictures of piles of coffins in Northern Italy being transported away in convoys of army trucks under the cover of night, became probably the most important images to justify hard measures. |
The beginning of the COVID-19 global lockdowns in March 2020 were justified with dramatic pictures of overwhelmed hospitals and army convoys moving away corpses at night in Northern Italy.
Official narrative
Northern Italy has one of the best public health systems in the Western world. More than in about four weeks in February/March 2020. With over 31,500 confirmed cases and 2,500 dead, the country's doctors and nurses were struggling to keep up. They were running out of beds, equipment and even people, as the hospitals' intensive care unit were occupied by coronavirus patients hooked up to ventilators. The limited resources were forcing doctors to make excruciating decisions about whom to treat — and who may be beyond help.[1]
As Italy hit its highest single-day death toll in March 2020, the army was brought into f Bergamo, the country’s worst affected city to remove dozens of coffins piling up in churches or filling morgues beyond capacity. Video footage showed a column of military vehicles snaking through the streets of the city to collect around 60 coffins to be transferred to central Italy for cremation. Residents responded to the ghastly sight of army vehicles carrying coffins away with sorrow and shock. “Seeing the street behind your house invaded by army vehicles is a sight that is bound to have an effect on you,” Lucia Ferrante, a resident of Bergamo, told The Independent.[2]
Crowded COVID-19 Wards
Footage of crowded Italian COVID-19 hospital wards were repeatedly used by US media, with titles indicating they were in New York or elsewhere in the US.
COVID in Italy
In October 2021 the official Italian Higher Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità) corrected the number of estimated Covid deaths since February 2020, from over 130,000 to below 4,000. It turned out that 97.1% of the deaths that had so far been attributed to Covid-19 were not directly related to the disease. At the same time, the health institute reported that Covid has killed fewer people than the average seasonal flu.[3]
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References
- ↑ https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/italy-has-world-class-health-system-coronavirus-has-pushed-it-n1162786
- ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-italy-army-deaths-corpses-bodies-bergamo-cases-a9411401.html
- ↑ https://www.iltempo.it/attualita/2021/10/21/news/rapporto-iss-morti-covid-malattie-patologie-come-influenza-pandemia-disastro-mortalita-bechis-29134543/
