Virologist I spoke to told me Italy is a sign of what could be coming. More testing led authorities to realize virus was far more widespread than previously detected, followed by imposition of major social distancing/ containment measures/ disruptions.

“Models show that if 80 percent of people wear masks that are 60 percent effective, easily achievable with cloth, we can get to an effective R0 of less than one. That’s enough to halt the spread of the disease.” theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Tis I, your Covid Nightmare from Italy that you forgot you were following. If you're still there I'll be moving to Blue Sky patrickhopkins.bsky.social where I may actually start posting about various topics (Italy, translations, music, AI, Philly sports and whatever else)