The quarantine measures are forcing the South Italy to descend into chaos. The hospitals are blocked due to the COVID-19 patients and cannot afford to care for patients with other afflictions. Many people were temporary workers, often without a formal contract, who relied on tourism as a source of income. Now with the borders closed and every non-essential business closed, people don't have money to pay rent or buy food. Instigators are calling for mass protests. Their mafia is taking advantage to gather new members -- they offer people what they need in exchange of them paying it back with interest, which it is unlikely they will be able to afford. There are some groups and companies that are helping, but it is not enough. They highjacked a food truck and are asking for help from the government. However, any help they receive (and they should receive help to survive), will only provide temporary relief. Countries need a survival plan.
Unless some general consensus is reached, where they only quarantine the patients at risk (e.g., people over 60 and people with health-conditions like high blood pressure, obesity, kidney failure, etc) and let the rest move on while educating and enforcing social distancing, there will mass protests and revolutions everywhere. Italy might be first, Spain and France will follow, etc. I am hoping Germany will be successful with its anti-body tests, and show everyone a way. They have also proposed getting 40, 000 temporary workers from Romania, Poland and Bulgaria. I am crossing my fingers that it happens soon, and without causing set-backs.
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