I saw that your post is public so I won't give many details (I don't want people to know my location) but our healthcare system is totally disorganized. I don't think it's easy to say that public stuff is better in Europe, that vastly depends on the country. It's one of the reasons why countries like Germany are better equipped to deal with this than Italy.
Our shelter system is broken too and it was depressing and hilarious that SUDDENLY the government and charities were stepping up to give them shelter. It's just so transparent that there's money and space for this, it's just that people dgaf until the "general public" is at risk.
You're right about Italian demographics and the shut downs. Italy took forever to start shutting things down, which doesn't seem to have helped.
Ugh yes I totally forgot about the border you share with the US. I have no idea how they're managing to handle things so badly, they're basically the richest country so it's inexcusable. The weirdest thing to me was the debate about whether testing should be free, I just ???? I'm under the impression that many of the politicians who are against that kind of thing get voted for by lots of elderly people, so why they'd want to get their own voters killed, I'll never know.
Have you considered building a border wall?
I'm so sorry about your friend :( I hope she stays safe and gets through this well.
I'm glad you managed to get those things! And thank you for remembering this, we'll also look into this just in case.
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Our shelter system is broken too and it was depressing and hilarious that SUDDENLY the government and charities were stepping up to give them shelter. It's just so transparent that there's money and space for this, it's just that people dgaf until the "general public" is at risk.
You're right about Italian demographics and the shut downs. Italy took forever to start shutting things down, which doesn't seem to have helped.
Ugh yes I totally forgot about the border you share with the US. I have no idea how they're managing to handle things so badly, they're basically the richest country so it's inexcusable. The weirdest thing to me was the debate about whether testing should be free, I just ???? I'm under the impression that many of the politicians who are against that kind of thing get voted for by lots of elderly people, so why they'd want to get their own voters killed, I'll never know.
Have you considered building a border wall?
I'm so sorry about your friend :( I hope she stays safe and gets through this well.
I'm glad you managed to get those things! And thank you for remembering this, we'll also look into this just in case.
*hugs*