, whereas, a few weeks ago, those with these same symptoms were sent home with medications or placed in the general ward. -GEG

Some people, even if they have fallen over a cliff, would, on the way down, shout: "The virus must be dangerous! What else could it be?"

"People are dying! It's got to be the virus!"

How about this? "The ICU hospital wards in Italy are overflowing. It's the virus."

Step back and think. THINK IT THROUGH.

Watching a recent interview with an Italian public health official, I had the impression that perhaps several thousand new ICU patients were burdening the hospital system in the northern part of the country. Several thousand out of a national population of 60 million.