The Italian experience suggests that locking downtowns is a necessary but insufficient condition to stop the spread of the disease. If 50 percent of the infected are asymptomatic, there is no hope of containing the disease unless we subject ourselves to massive testing. On February 22, 3 percent of the inhabitants of Vo Euganeo, a small town close to Padua, were infected. After two weeks in which the town was locked down and a massive testing program applied, only 0.25 percent were infected.
“Many people have asked me what the rest of the world can learn from Italy’s struggle with COVID-19. I am not an infectious disease specialist, but I have spoken to Italian specialists and tried to analyze all available data. I am sharing my conclusions here, ready to be corrected by those who know more than I do…”
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