Italy

[AnelkasBeard]

3 weeks in lock down in Italy i believe and they are now about the "turn the curve"

The reason the death rate is so high is that they are the nation with the highest amount of elderley people (in the world I think, not just Europe)

They also have more people living under one roof per capita hence it has spread like wild fire and has a higher death rate there than everywhere else.

Japan possibly older or as old - their culture is more social distance compatible though with bowing/nodding rather than handshakes/kissing I think

Japan have the highest, Italy second highest elderly population.

Italy's heatlh service also hit saturation before ours has as well, hence why so many are dying. Unfortuantely, it's going to get to that point over here at some point soon.

How many people believe this is an airborne virus ?
It could explain as to why the Chinese have been using snow blowers, helecopters, etc to discinfect areas.
Places with air con - such as cruise ships and office blocks, etc could easily spread the virus.
The social distancing has now become essential and the gap increased to 2 metres ?
The spread rate is greater then anything we have seen in the past.
Obviously no concrete facts support that's it's an airborne virus, but I don't see much to dismiss the idea.

It is airbourne when a carrier sneezes or cough. It can suspend itself in air drops (aerosols) for up to 3 hours I read. Before landing on a surface or dying out.

The reason we want to slow it down is because in the summer it will only last 3 minutes rather than 3 hours as it’s suggested it won’t cope as well with warmer conditions. Still highly contagious and dangerous but to a lesser risk.

Tell that to Iran. We want to slow it down so that the NHS has a chance at coping with the number of patients, not because the summer will help kill the virus.