Coronavirus Lockdown in Italy with Giacomo Zucco - WBD203
The Peter McCormack Show
Peter McCormack
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2020
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Location: Skype Date: Friday, 13th March Project: BHB Network Role: Director
COVID-19 continues to spread around the world. 169,717 people are now infected, and the death toll stands at 6,518. The virus is highly contagious, making containment incredibly tricky. As the seriousness of the situation escalates, countries around the world are implementing strict controls on movement and contact.
The COVID-19 coronavirus originated in China, where the number of cases has now risen to over 80,000. As the virus has taken hold, the Chinese Communist Party has implemented draconian measures. Despite criticism, the aggressive use of quarantine appears to have been effective in reducing the spread of infections. The number of reported daily new cases in China has dropped from almost 2,000 per day a few weeks ago, to less than 20 at the time of writing.
Italy now has the highest number of cases outside of China, with over 25,000 testing positive. A nationwide lockdown is in effect, with police and soldiers enforcing the quarantine conditions, and on the 15th of March, the EU recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day so far.
Giacomo Zucco is a Bitcoiner who is currently under lockdown in Italy. In this interview, he explains what life is like on lockdown, the measures that have been put in place, how he thinks the governments around the world have dealt with this pandemic and why he believes centralised planning is poorly suited for dealing with the crisis.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the What Bit Bitcoin Did Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello there from Self-isolation in Bedford. |
| 0:09.0 | How are you all? |
| 0:10.0 | It's strange times we're living in, aren't we? |
| 0:12.0 | Anyway, welcome to the What Bitcoin did podcast, |
| 0:14.0 | which is brought to you by Cracken, |
| 0:16.0 | the best place to buy, sell and trade Bitcoin. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm your host, Peter McCormack, |
| 0:20.0 | and today I have an interview with Giacomo Zucco, |
| 0:22.0 | who is currently under lockdown in Italy and we discuss centralized planning in times of a crisis. |
| 0:27.5 | But before that I do have a message from my show sponsors and first up today we have coin tracker and last night I recorded a very short a |
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| 1:15.3 | I don't allow people to pay to be on the show but I did think with the response to this |
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