Russo (chief of epidemiology for the metropolitan area): «Milan like Lodi in March. Unavoidable lock “



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All epidemics correspond historically to times in which societies have had to review their organization. But at this moment it must be said that it is unthinkable to leave so many intensive therapies permanently open, which are too expensive, because we permanently need other types of interventions. A bed in intensive care costs 10,000 euros, compared to 1,000 for a normal square. Rather, we must be able to open and close quickly, as they did in China.

Don’t you see a blockade as a risk to the economy, the same one that keeps the health system on its feet with taxes?

In fact, it would be better to intervene with a strong social conscience. Or, for the moment, with a brief block, which, I repeat, at this moment seems inevitable.

Don’t you think we also need a good infection monitoring system, which the health system cannot ensure at this time?

The tracking has become too much: each case leads to 50 interviews, lasting two to three hours each. We need a workforce that we don’t have. But it must be said that social awareness is increasing. We had a great response in just 24 hours to a message sent to 7 thousand cases, to which we asked to connect to our portal to receive information and tell us who their close relatives are, a third of them joined immediately. Good sign: the social conscience of the Milanese is there.

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