HACKER Q&A
📣 Yoric

How can we help Italy against Covid-19?


At the moment, Italy is at the frontline of the fight against covid-19. I'm sure that they have needs for which the Hacker News community can help. Software dev? Expertise with logistics?

I believe that we should do everything we can to help Italy. First because it will save lives. Secondly because everything we do right now will be experience (and hopefully open-source software) that will be useful in the rest of the world within a few days or weeks.

I know, for instance, that the French emergencies needed tools to be developed to help with triage of calls and followup. This was done in 24h thanks to a virtual hackaton.

So, this is a question to the HN crowd in Italy: how can we help you right now?

  👤 hourislate Accepted Answer ✓
How can we help if Italians themselves are not taking the virus seriously? Many members of the Italian public continue to act with no respect for protecting the public health.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/italy-imposes-coronavirus-lockd...

Part of the reason new infections have increased rapidly is that many Italians, including in the worst-affected areas, have been reluctant to adhere to the new guidelines, such as avoiding crowded places. In recent days, for instance, ski resorts were packed. The government on Sunday ordered them shut, too.