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by collyw 2080 days ago
That region gets overwhelmed at flu season every year apparently.

And just for some perspective the flu season was filling hospitals in the US a couple of years ago. But it barely made the news.

https://time.com/5107984/hospitals-handling-burden-flu-patie...

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But did it also fill the morgues?

And the linked article isn't about north Italy. From where do you have the information that north Italian are regularly collapsing, because of the seasonal flu? Full hospitals are not the same as hospitals out of space to keep patients and bodies. Have a look at this impression https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-they-call-it-the-apoc...

Quick better move the goalposts.
What do you mean? Do you think I moved the goal posts?