Italy is one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus. In fact, on Thursday they passed China on the number of people who have died from the pandemic — that’s an absolute number, which is pretty scary considering that China has far, far more people than Italy. And the Italians have been under a country-wide lockdown since earlier this month.
But that’s not going to stop the Italians from having fun, and a sense of humor about the whole thing. First, there were videos coming out of Italy showing the Italians standing on their balconies and playing music, with other nearby people joining in, or even dancing. Speaking of going viral, who knew music and dancing could stand up to social distancing!
Here’s just one video, but there are many more in this article in Vox, and even more on YouTube.
However, even more fun is this video, demonstrating how to prevent spreading the virus with music and dance. Note that there are captions in Italian, but even if you don’t know the language, you should be figuring out what they are demonstrating (if you can’t, you haven’t been paying attention lately!). And be sure to watch at the end, when they have one last joke.
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Translation of the Italian subtitles:
wash your hands
for at least twenty seconds
and since you’re there
general cleaning
do not touch your eyes, mouth or nose
sneezing… thusly
don’t give your hand
say hello thusly
always stay one meter away from people
no parties or partygoers
but most of all
you have to
absolutely
mandatorily
stop
and stay at home
Thanks William.
And to keep their spirits up, some of the medical staff in Iran have been dancing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wamoQYVI0ww
(Video from March 4th — not sure how they’re doing now.)
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