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ROME Still seven, eight months of resistance. A whole fall, a long winter and maybe even a spring with a knife between your teeth. Italian warriors, unarmed in the face of the enemy but armed with courage and patience, hand gel and mask. The image with which Minister Speranza commented on the vibrating curve of the virus calls everyone to order, forces us to face the painful months that we have behind us and those to come. Summer is over. Covid is moving forward. But shutting yourself up once again in the trenches of your own houses singing from the balconies is no longer possible and then, in the words of Undersecretary Sandra Zampa, the only way waiting for the vaccine to resist, resist, resist.
The masks
Italy with a maximum GDP cannot afford a new total blockade, but the formula used by Speranza, which we monitor day by day, leaves the way open to even severe restrictions imposed by epidemiological evolution. To prevent the country from being forced to stop the cars and turn off the lights again, each citizen must fight their daily battle. Within your own walls, on the street, at school, in the office or on the tram, the first and second commandments do not change, wash your hands and keep the minimum safe distance. The meter is not doubling, because the government is studying ways to make the ban on gatherings more stringent. The third commandment is to wear a mask, more and better than before. The squeeze came step by step, region after region and now the obligation to cover your nose and mouth even outdoors could be extended to the entire country.
Old people
Even so, our lives will change over the months with a knife in our teeth, when grandparents will have to resist the hug of their grandchildren, or ask their children and acquaintances to buy them. The elderly – Speranza recalled – are the strongest part of the country, but also the most fragile and we must take care of them, especially in this difficult period. Yes, it will be difficult to give up Sunday tables with the family, avoid caresses at funerals, limit invitations to weddings. The rules prohibit gathering more than 200 people indoors and apply to cinemas, theaters, concert halls, and sports halls. And the dance? The holidays? Young people have paid a huge price and should not be demonized, Speranza defends them. But the clubs no, they won’t reopen. And some regions are considering stopping private parties.
Christmas
In a month of Halloween and it is hard to imagine thousands of witches, vampires and ghosts swarming the streets exchanging sweets, while many Italians queue to buy tampons at the drive-in. Then Christmas will come, the first in the Covid-19 era. It is easy to imagine that we will queue in front of shops or buy gifts online, that we will reserve the restaurant in advance and that we will spend the holidays in Italy, far from loved ones living abroad. Airports and hotels will remain almost empty for a long time. The list of nations from which you enter Italy only with the negative cushion destined to lengthen. And we pray that hospitals at risk of collapse do not spread. The network is well maintained – Minister Francesco Boccia crosses his fingers – Intensive care is under control. And the transport? Hang in there, you don’t get sick on long-distance trains. The buses and wagons of the local public transport, sanitized on each journey, will continue to circulate at 80% of the seats.
Smart work
The return to school of eight million students and the return of adults to the office have revived the cities somewhat. Even in the historic centers a bit of life has returned, punctuated by horns and motors. Sounds and noises that the contagion bulletin could turn off again, forcing many companies to send workers home. It is pronounced smart work and it is translated for families with the difficulty of reconciling new work times with their children’s shifts, between positive colleagues and teachers and entire classes in quarantine. Waiting for rapid tests for all schools.
Football
Resist, to say it with Hope, also bear in mind that football can stop again: the priority is the schools not the stadiums, I have a very rigid position in front of the public. Resist pretending fear does not return, convincing yourself that we are going forward and not backward and that there really is light at the end of the tunnel. When will the vaccine arrive? The contract with AstraZeneca provides for 2.3 million doses by the end of the year. But everything must be fine, Hope sighs.
October 2, 2020 (change October 2, 2020 | 08:25)
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