America and the west should watch Italy closely

This analysis was excerpted from the March 12 edition of CNN's Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Click here to read past editions and subscribe.

From Ancient Rome to the Renaissance and beyond, visionaries on the Italian peninsula shaped the political systems, architecture, science, art and cosmology of the modern world. Now, outsiders look to the Bel Paese for more somber direction: to see how a modern Western economy and democracy handles the terrible human and financial cost of the novel coronavirus.

Italy's count of confirmed infections has leapt from a few hundred cases to more than 10,000 in less than three weeks. The virus is scything through its aged population and its hospitals are straining from a rush of patients. On Wednesday, the government in Rome tightened a national lockdown, ordering the closure of restaurants, bars and all shops except supermarkets and pharmacies. The Mediterranean country's plight is being watched closely here in the US.

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StCollinson Italy is facing up to adversity in dire straits. I have my fingers crossed. Best luck.

StCollinson COVID19 is flu on steroids a factor of 4 to have one love one lost to this virus is an injustice we have the resources to stop it We can have 23 and me distribute the test Amazon ship the test shipped them back apple can manage the logistics and Facebook can provide the analytics

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