(by John Blackeye) On the Coronavirus question, another question arises. But are we sure that we need an emergency plan for the economy? Or rather do we need an emergency plan for health?
It almost seems that by seizing the moment of extreme general confusion in which all the attention is turned to the development of the world epidemic, we want to take the opportunity to ask the European Union for funds to fix those "public accounts" that without this extraordinary event it would not have been possible to balance.
However, taking into account that Italy is one of the highest contributors at European level and also considering the MES joke that "obliged" us to subscribe or that we will underwrite to help French and German banks in a context in which we will not be able to to take advantage of the same benefit that we guarantee to them, honestly it would also be good if we collect a few billion euros to spread on the national social and economic context at a time when tourism and industrial production are marking time.
But the second question that arises is the following.
How is the government facing the evolution of the epidemic? If we were to express an aseptic opinion, we could answer that we are simply attributing ourselves extraordinary powers to Civil Protection what else can do is put in place a great activity of national coordination. But little seems to be being done to deal with what could be a realistic scenario that could come true from here to a few days or weeks in which the infection could really touch everyone. It was understood, in fact, that there are no "red areas" but that the absence of rigid control actions and strict limitations imposed from the first moments, have meant that the virus has circulated undisturbed on human vectors that have moved from from one part of our nation to the other.
So what can you do, in addition to counting the numbers of new infected, deaths and healed to update the general picture of the daily situation? Maybe you could start strengthening that healthcare system national, initiating, as far as possible, an increase in the number of doctors (hiring or recalls) and the medical devices necessary to avoid contamination.
Let's not forget that the "mask for everyone" would be the best solution according to the principle that "those who have the virus even if they don't know it, don't pass it and those who don't have it don't take it."
But the days go by and it seems to be helpless to witness the exponential increase in infections hearing only about government decrees that have an economic and financial nature and impact. Perhaps it is only hoped that the epidemic will pass by itself, which will happen as has happened with all epidemics. But could we say at the end of the tunnel that this government has done everything possible?
