Radio War Nerd EP #222 — Coronavirus Pandemic in Italy, with Annibale
Guest: Annibale
Recorded: March 10, 2020
Italy is now ground zero for the Coronavirus pandemic, and the first country to be put under a total quarantine. We reached out to RWN favorite guest Annibale, currently quarantined in northern Italy, to tell us about what life is like in the global pandemic, and the frightening truth about why the Coronavirus is causing so much havoc. This episode is not for the faint-hearted — especially American and faint-hearted — but it's important everyone know what's happening and what to expect.
Listen to Annibale's popular RWN series: Venetian Empire (#207, #208, #209, #214); The Hundred Years War (#175, #176, #177, #180, #182, #183); Italy's Years Of Lead (#134, #135, #136, #139); Italian Resistance in WW2 (#131)
Total time: 1:42:40
Comments (8)
The book mentioned in the first 30 minutes: What was the book title and author?
you mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Betrothed_(Manzoni_novel) ?
Laughed at John’s comment about people cynically hoping boomers die. It’s okay John, you’re one of the good ones ;)
Ah, now we're in my life-long fantasy territory. As a matter of principle, I will demand to be included in any massacres. I made this a policy at age 11.
Thanks for doing this interview, very interesting and worrying. FYI there is a podcast about viruses by virologists: http://www.microbe.tv/twiv (This Week In Virology). They've been doing extra episodes recently on coronavirus and answering people's email questions. Stay safe all.
Thanks for this episode. Would really appreciate if y'all would unlock this so it can be shared more widely.
Once again, you guys are perpetually always a day early. Well... to be fair, an hour early in this case, haha. Trump: "We will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days." It goes into effect Friday at midnight.
On YouTube, Medcram has good presentations: https://youtu.be/U7F1cnWup9M John Hopkins data is updated 2X daily or more: https://systems.jhu.edu/research/public-health/ncov/ Cedars Saini epidemiology project published accurate predictions on where USA is going at end of last month. No one did anything about it, of course. https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/study-estimates-covid-19-may-have-infected-over-9000-in-us/ See you all on the other side. Good luck-