Josh Marshall: "Italy is poised to blow through the death toll from COVID-19 in China"

[Dennis Donovan]

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Josh Marshall ✔ joshtpm

Bewildering, heartbreaking. Italy is poised to blow through the death toll from COVID-19 in China.

Scott Gottlieb, MD ✔@ScottGottliebMD

Italy reports 3,590 new cases of #COVID19 and 368 deaths, raising total to 24,747 cases and 1,809 dead. The scope of death and disease in Italy, a nation of 60 million, will dwarf the despair in China. Urgent action needed to save lives and learn what went so wrong in that nation

2:06 PM - Mar 15, 2020

This is going to be my last post on this topic for a little while. It's starting to affect me emotionally.

Be safe, everyone...

[NewJeffCT]

1. I'm not really sure that China's numbers

are on the up & up. Yes, they took drastic action, but it had spread for weeks before they clamped down.

[liberalla]

2. Stunning. Heartbreaking.

I know what you mean about the emotional impact... Take care.

[dalton99a]

3. Kick

[PA Democrat]

4. Thank you for all of your contributions, Dennis.

You stay safe as well. It's good to take a mental health break.

[PA Democrat]

5. This fills me with such sorrow and despair.

I fear for the people of Italy, for the US, for the entire world.

The US used to be a world leader in times of crisis. Now we are left to the ill-informed and impulsive whims of a malignant narcissist whose go-it-alone policies have alienated us from other nations at a time when we desperately need to work together.

[GeorgeGist]

6. Don't you just love sports metaphors ...

when they're adding up the dead?

Fuckwads come in all persuasions, I guess.