It narrows their base somewhat. Theyâre successful in New York certainly.
Part of that is the timing of their mass migration in fairness (after 1890 up to the 20s). Social programmes came in and there wasnât the same urge to get out of there I guess, but culture would be a factor. I suppose also they probably always felt more likely to go back to Italy (unlike the Irish). The Irish went here, there and everywhere and were big in a wide array of industries and politics across the nation.
He also said they wouldnât be shutting borders. This tallies with the idea of some post-arrival isolation step aside I suggested earlier. Of course the effect of that would be to further reduce numbers travelling
Donât know if itâs already been mentioned, but Italy reported only 4K new cases today. Their average was running at 6K a day, yesterday was 5.2K, today 4K. This is encouraging, hopefully they see deaths start to decline soon as well.
They looked to be levelling off last week but then they crept up again. The growth rate though does seem to be moderating a few days after the case rate moderates though which is good.
Their death rate wont decrease significantly until they get their ICU capacity back to a manageable level and even at that it will we probably 2-3 weeks after. The new cases add to a situation where there are people in ICU for what seems on average 3 weeks. If theyâre still seeing 6k cases a day approx 600 of this will need ICU.