203: Italy recovers from the virus onslaught. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation
Image: In Italy: Columbus Breaking the Egg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Breaking_the_Egg) by William Hogarth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hogarth) An egg of Columbus, or Columbus's egg (Italian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language) : uovo di Colombo), refers to a brilliant idea or discovery that seems simple or easy after the fact. The expression refers to an apocryphal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrypha) story, dating from at least the 15th century, in which it is said that Christopher Columbus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus) , having been told that finding a new trade route was inevitable and no great accomplishment, challenges his critics to make an egg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(food)) stand on its tip. After his challengers give up, Columbus does it himself by tapping the egg on the table to flatten its tip. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation, in re: Second wave "unlikely" in hard-put-to-it Italy. In the US, more young people are testing positive, then they toss off the virus in a few weeks. Similar in Italy. Young people conduct themselves in rather less prudent ways. . . . In Lombardy, some regions have removed the obligation to wear the mask out of doors, but still must wear it indoors. https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/87446