— Michael LewisItaly was just then illustrating the point. Back on February 20, a grand total of three COVID-19 cases had been discovered in the whole of the country. None of the infected was seriously ill. By March 13, the Italian case count had gone to 17,660, with 1,328 people in intensive care and 1,266 dead.
Replicated under Fair Use from The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis.