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If the US had addressed the virus effectively as Italy did, you are right we would all be enjoying life. But the Italian response was more organized and systematic. Gawd did i just say the Italians are have been more organized than us? Ugh.
Ive often said if we were all on the same page and took it seriously, we could get mostly rid of the virus and move on. But our fragmented and start/stop some folks are in some folks resist approach is allowing the virus to spread. We have to be united or our economy truly will be hurt by this. I dont understand the economy vs the virus thing as wearing a mask and stopping the virus is the single biggest thing all of us can do to help our economy and maybe hopefully have a college football season.
Not sure where you get your info but Italy's response was less than ideal and certainly not effective. The first seeds of the virus came into the Milan area with Chinese expats returning from the Chinese New Year celebration in late Jan/early Feb. Italy did not shut down until March 11th.
The Italian hospitals then admitted patients with mild symptoms into their hospitals and basically turned the emergency room and ICU into vectors to infect other non-Covid patients and it took off from there.
My point was, despite all the early missteps here in Italy, that the virus is basically burning itself out naturally. I think it has run the course of every other respiratory virus. Unfortunately, Italy is a very old society and most adults smoke although they are otherwise healthy. The virus took out the "low hanging fruit" early on and many others were exposed but did not get sick. Yes, the virus is still lingering but nowhere near as potent as it once was.
I think this pattern follows in the US if we'll let it. Our approach should be: Take precautions, carry on as best you can, protect the vulnerable. Shutting down the economy was a self-inflicted wound that only prolonged the inevitable course of the virus.
I agree Italy made missteps and their initial response left something to be desired. But, they did get their act together and have the virus largely under control. I speak to Italians every week if not every day in my work and so I hear the perspective of small business owners in Italy. They were glad the country was cautious and glad that life is returning to normal. They think doing it right and moving on at the time felt hard, but when they look at the US, they shudder and are grateful that they were able to have strict enough measures that got them over the hump.
I think every country will have its own unique dynamics. There are a lot of Chinese expats in the north and that was the original entry point. Interestingly, the virus never spread widely in the south and in Sicily like the experts predicted even though Italians were still traveling there before the movement restrictions were in place.
Italy is an economic basket case and will be even more so after this. Hopefully the virus has run its course for now and kids and healthy adults can get on with their lives. By the way, I'm not hearing of any Covid pregnancies like I expected but have heard of a lot of strained marriages.
I'm hearing Michigan vs Washington week one will be cancelled. Likely replace Washington with a Directional Michigan school. Likely Eastern Washington.
Apparently the new push is to remove all games that require air travel and replace with car/bus.
This week you'll likely see some D1 schools starting to cancel seasons completely. Those that elect to try and play will play some schools twice in order to get a season in. Apparently the numbers are out of control in locker rooms across the country.
There's also growing momentum for postponing till Spring, especially with the Novartis news.