Jenifer (Zarknorph) said: ... Of the country's "excess deaths", coronavirus is registered as the official cause for 13,710, leaving around 11,600 deaths unaccounted for, an analysis shows. ... Italy eases coronavirus lockdown, pays respects to more than 29,000 dead - ABC News

We think the UK is now overtaking Italy for the worst in Europe.

We've (mysteriously) not had any reports of the health service collapsing.

The US is alleged to have allowed that to happen, however, and they're still behind us per capita.

His brother recently passed away so he's next.

I've been there!  Thanks for finding that!!

Edit - I could spend hours zooming in on every square centimetre of it!

And I plan to.

If you're a reader, a great find would be Irving Stone's "The Agony and The Ecstasy". 50 years ago my sister sent this to me when she found I was to be stationed in Italy. I've read it 6 times since then. It's a long, but captivating, biographical novel which covers the life of Michelangelo from being accepted very young as an art apprentice to his deathbed. The 2 1/4 hour Charleston Heston movie covers about 10% of the book.

You have to be "a reader", but, if you are you will not be able to put it down.

I was stationed in northern italy 67' to 69'. They built dam near the town of longarone with a tiny village at the base of it. In 66', when firenze flooded the rains caused half of the mountain beside the lake to slide into the lake. The dam actually held, but, the village at the base of the dam was destroyed and half of longarone was also. A half dozen engineers served long prison sentences for their role in that. A much better solution that simple civil penalties. Engineers are much more careful knowing the penalties. 

That's capitalism for you.

The facts belie that statement. Capitalism is most responsible for the dramatic reduction of severe poverty in the world in this past half century. This case is, most likely, one of incompetence and/or corruption.