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2020-03-24 Europe

Number of Italian coronavirus cases is probably TEN TIMES higher than official tally of 64,000, officials admit

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-24 09:11|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Probably over 100 times higher.

According to symptoms i've almost certainly had it.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-03-24 09:50|| 2020-03-24 09:50|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ this

Posted by Lex 2020-03-24 10:03|| 2020-03-24 10:03|| Front Page Top

#3 You can't trust other people's data. GIGO

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-03-24 10:09|| 2020-03-24 10:09|| Front Page Top

#4 I've probably had it. I'd be willing to bet that most of us on the 'burg have probably had it.

Posted by Lex 2020-03-24 10:16|| 2020-03-24 10:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Same. How many “never” get the flu people got a strange one this season? You could ask a crowded room for a show of hands, but we are too hysterical to have those these days.

Posted by Classic_Liberal 2020-03-24 10:36|| 2020-03-24 10:36|| Front Page Top

#6 I just posted this item as an article for tomorrow's Rantburg for those who wonder why Italy got hit so hard:

China's bungled coronavirus response threatens 'Belt and Road' foreign influence initiative

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-03-24 11:14|| 2020-03-24 11:14|| Front Page Top

#7 ^What about Spain?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-24 11:24|| 2020-03-24 11:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Saw a deal pointing fingers at the Italian textile industry hiring cheap Chinese labor for the Made In Italy tag. Don't know enough about it to recommend that as a contributor.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-03-24 11:34|| 2020-03-24 11:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Dunno about Spain, grom. But, according to the article:

Italy and Iran reached crisis levels of coronavirus-stricken patients before any other country outside of China. Both countries had joined the "Belt and Road" initiative, which reinforced strong preexisting economic ties.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-03-24 12:43|| 2020-03-24 12:43|| Front Page Top

#10 ^
Spain 39,676/44660000 = 0.0009

Italy 63,927/60,550,075 = 0.001

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-24 12:59|| 2020-03-24 12:59|| Front Page Top

#11 Italy's numbers today

new cases over 5000 bringing total to 69000

new deaths 743 bringing total to 6820

in both cases and deaths, the new numbers were higher than the day before

there are now about 300,000 who have been tested in Italy

Posted by lord garth 2020-03-24 14:43|| 2020-03-24 14:43|| Front Page Top

#12 Some said the other day that more men probably died because men don't go to the doctor unless they are in bad shape. So that means the ones that weren't in that bad shape remain uncounted. Ten times seems low.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-03-24 15:43|| 2020-03-24 15:43|| Front Page Top

#13 men don't go to the doctor unless they are in bad shape.

Yeah, anything short of actual death, we just walk it off. Stop being a baby!
This does hint at yet another reason the numbers are so unreliable.

Posted by SteveS 2020-03-24 16:02|| 2020-03-24 16:02|| Front Page Top

#14 "It's severe respiratory disease!"
"Rub some dirt on it, Johnny"

Posted by Frank G 2020-03-24 16:32|| 2020-03-24 16:32|| Front Page Top

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