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“Botched” and “Chaotic” the WHO’s Scathing Secret Report on Italy’s COVID Response – TLDR News

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Italy was one of the first countries in the world to face a serious outbreak of COVID, with it being the ‘European hotspot’ for a while. However, not everyone thinks they handled this well – with the WHO releasing a scathing report about the Italian response. In this video, we discuss what the report says and why it was mysteriously revoked just one day later.

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1 – https://www.dors.it/documentazione/testo/202005/COVID-19-Italy-response.pdf
2 – https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/11/coronavirus-italy-covid-19-pandemic-europe-date-antibodies-study
3 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51625733
4 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-51787238
5 – https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(20)31865-1/fulltext
6 – https://www.ft.com/content/7c8633ea-87b3-4aa1-90b6-a15a089bc1c2
7 – https://www.dors.it/documentazione/testo/202005/COVID-19-Italy-response.pdf (page 2)
8 – https://www.dors.it/documentazione/testo/202005/COVID-19-Italy-response.pdf (page 12)
9 – https://www.ft.com/content/7c8633ea-87b3-4aa1-90b6-a15a089bc1c2

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  1. @CAROLOC

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    As an Italian who lived through the pandemic I agree with some parts of the report.. but it is true that it wasn't the full story yes. I also believe that as the first Nation to fight the virus Italy did what it could.. none knew how bad it really could get and I think they removed the report because it would just muddy the discussion around pro and against quarantine in a period where many countries where trying their best not to close down while they should have. It basically would have done more harm than good and sometimes you need to think twice of the effect that the voice from an authority like the who can have, even if it tells the truth. A report criticising Italy response would be very useful to prepare for the next pandemic but at that time would only hinder the authority of the current response

  2. @johndewey6358

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Thanks. Where can I download the report that WHO has taken down?

  3. @leonardom9190

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I think is quite stupid blaming Italy for its response, when they did better than half of to other countries (UK included) even if there wasn't any information about the virus…

  4. @StarryNightGazing

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Never forget that even in March WHO was only recommending to test people showing symptoms and told everyone you shouldn't wear a mask if not obviously sick. What a bunch of incompetent morons.

  5. @michelemorselli7047

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    So, for starter, it was really underestimated: many politicians, especially on the far right, downplayed the event, and Italy was slower than it could have been; that said, we really were Europe's "patient 0", so it's, if not forgivable, more understandable. After that, it was like plugging leaks, a very Italian way to do stuff. But, as a normal citizen and observer, although many, many negative observations can be made (structural problems, underfunded welfare, bad regional decisions, chaos in the media), the response has been decent, the government has tried its best and has resisted the pushback from the more unpopular but necessary measures. Conte (and that "e" sounds like "sand", not "beer", dammit!) has used his charisma and his clean history as a good tool to convince the Italian population of the importance of following the rules, and he won't be badly remembered. What I'm saying is, it could have been way, way worse.

  6. @FlagAnthem

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Italy was the first country to fight back. This while everybody else was chanting "the virus won't change our lives"

    PS: Buy Italian

  7. @TheCutsable

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I don't want to be the punctilious one… but why is the shape of Italy represented without Sicily and Sardinia on this channel? I'm sorry but it's like showing the UK without Scotland, Wales and Northern Island…
    Controversiaaaal! (And without a reason)

  8. @Antonnick

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Anyone who knows Italy also knows that the burocracy there does not function at all. Rules and regulations can be made as often as you like but stumble on the public organisation needed to implement them. Priority is traditionally given to what there is for lunch and dinner.

  9. @Hoid1990

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    What does tldr even stand for?

  10. @robertotomas

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    You see the video title and you think “I don’t know, who?”

  11. @Leo-Crespi

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Risky video

  12. @belladesa91

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Don't forget geography: we hv the Appeninnes that divide our country and population is more concentrated in some zones.

  13. @francescopesce78

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    There's another big chunk: Italy's investigators, who are checking if Italian government executed correctly it's response to the pandemic, have asked four times, now, the relators of the WHO to testimony. Relators want to, but WHO won't let them, and claims diplomatic immunity

  14. @Zeekar

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Abit cheeky there at the end, aren't we?

  15. @Emkei2010

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    CCP China seems to be blaming Europe, specifically Italy, for its origin of Covid 19. W.H.O. must’ve received orders from China.

  16. @hewhohasnoidentity4377

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I maintain that no government has handled covid correctly. Everyone knew a pandemic was possible but nobody prepared. Humans do not judge risk well. Politicians did not prioritize pandemic planning.

    If people are honest, I don't think anyone would have done better with the same circumstances.

  17. @arthurbenson6842

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Undoubtedly italy made many mistakes, as many other countries, would like to see reports about usa and UK, and china itself.
    This is a political report, probably to shift the blame to Italy from other sources, and removed afterwards to fit other political issues.

  18. @skymaster4121

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    We have too many connections with China. I come from one of the places most heavily affected, that’s also why it went so wrong

  19. @ericsarnoski6278

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Jolly ole England didn't exactly do a bang up good job either.

  20. @Languslangus

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    EU is legaly oblied to respond to you.

  21. @gestucvolonor5069

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    its funny coming from the WHO who kept denying the pandemic and brushed it under the carpet for China.

  22. @leviosssa5843

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    All they had to do is act like GLORIOUS PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (AND TAIWAN) quite simple really

  23. @anteeko

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    September 2019 in Italy? WTF!

  24. @PhilG221

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Will the WHO criticise China? If not why?

  25. @CELINE0355

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Sarebbe interessante investigare sulla reale indipendenza del WHO rispetto agli stati e ai filantropi che lo finanziano con ricche donazioni e se questo non possa, in qualche modo, condizionare poliche sanitarie, campagne di vaccinazione, cure farmaceutiche.. e linee guida durante una pandemia.

  26. @willyhill7509

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Why would anyone trust an organisation that is led by someone who covered up for a pandemic in their own country ? thats like the blind leading the blind.

  27. @chriswhitehead1318

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    But China was ok fuck the WHO

  28. @daneledanele3400

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Italy had such a bad response that, starting as Europe's epicenter of the pandemic, we ended up having 20000 less deaths than the UK….

  29. @lightarrow1684

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    To all the italians: thank you. Italy was the first country whose doctors spoke openly about the disease and showed us all what to expect. Italy was the first to be hit and to have their doctors guessing what was going on. Italian doctors were in touch doctors from other countries sharing everything they knew.
    Thank you again.
    The WHO should have provided better info than masks were not needed in January. Yes, I have not forgotten that!!

  30. @eliteaesthetics5170

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    the WHO is one of the most corrupt and vile institutions in the world, ask impoverished indians and africans how they feel about the WHO and their "vaccines", i'm not even gonna watch the video, i already know its shit. stop believing big media, big pharma, big banks, and big government, i am beginning to believe the world deserves rulers if we are seriously this stupid

  31. @matrbs

    February 25, 2024 at 2:15 am

    WHO is China's puppet and China is trying to shift the blame from them to the West, that's way they published this despicable report

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https://www.ft.com/content/48e7b92b-affc-4fd0-8de1-ae8765e5c799?syn-25a6b1a6=1 
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/germanys-chancellor-friedrich-merz-under-082058887.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-07/merz-moves-to-contain-fallout-from-far-right-rout-in-state-vote 
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-most-voters-expect-merz-to-leave-office-early/live-78467416 
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article6a6c3522ef632fe6ede66624/umfrage-afd-erreicht-rekordvorsprung-in-zdf-politbarometer-70-prozent-bewerten-merz-arbeit-als-schlecht.html 

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https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/merz-faces-mounting-pressure-as-reports-of-cdu-revolt-grow/
https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-chancellor-swap-cdu-afd-germany-political-crisis/ 
https://www.dw.com/en/german-chancellor-merz-completes-cabinet-reshuffle/a-78133896 

Saxony-Anhalt election
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd0113082eo 

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https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/afd-verbotsverfahren-verfassungsschutz-union-spd-gruene-linke-102.html 
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/verfassungsschutz-stuft-afd-sachsen-anhalt-als-gesichert-rechtsextremistisch-ein-106.html 
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