I've seen comments here trying to play down the message or discredit the signatories of this letter. Don't.
Please take it seriously. This is not sensationalism.
What the letter means is that if your country is not there yet, you might be DAYS away from widespread panic and total lock down.
I'm writing this from Barcelona, Spain. This last Sunday, 6 days ago, I went on a walk with my girlfriend, had a nice lunch, took beautiful pictures...
The virus was just some nagging news.. A couple of hundred people infected somewhere far away.
6 days later, we're at over 6000 infections, the country is in total lock down.
Same pattern as Italy (even faster), we're just a couple of days away before tens of thousands is reached.
This is what exponential growth means.
Please take it seriously. This is not sensationalism.
What the letter means is that if your country is not there yet, you might be DAYS away from widespread panic and total lock down.
I'm writing this from Barcelona, Spain. This last Sunday, 6 days ago, I went on a walk with my girlfriend, had a nice lunch, took beautiful pictures...
The virus was just some nagging news.. A couple of hundred people infected somewhere far away.
6 days later, we're at over 6000 infections, the country is in total lock down.
Same pattern as Italy (even faster), we're just a couple of days away before tens of thousands is reached. This is what exponential growth means.