{"id":33802,"date":"2020-10-28T15:25:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T19:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=33802"},"modified":"2020-10-28T15:25:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T19:25:34","slug":"look-at-how-the-italians-are-rebelling-against-the-covid-tyranny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=33802","title":{"rendered":"Look at how the Italians are rebelling against the Covid tyranny!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Italians Rise Up Against &#8220;Health Dictatorship&#8221; As Country Moves Toward New Lockdown<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year Italy became the first entire nation to impose strict lockdown and social distancing measures when it was the first to see a major coronavirus outbreak outside of Wuhan, China.<\/p>\n<p>By the close of May, just as the United States took the lead globally\u00a0in number of confirmed cases, Italy&#8217;s numbers had fallen and lockdown restrictions were dropped, with its daily infection rate remaining under control through summer. However,\u00a0<strong>Italy&#8217;s case numbers began soaring once again starting September\u00a0into this month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1319780207251890177&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmedical%2Ffrustrated-italians-rise-against-health-dictatorship-country-moves-toward-new-lockdown&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1319780207251890177\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad__wrapper-element\"><\/div>\n<p>Over the weekend the country saw a new record daily high.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-italy\/italy-covid-cases-hit-new-record-street-protest-in-naples-over-lockdown-threat-idUSKBN2781SB\">reports that<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;COVID-19 cases across the country have\u00a0<strong>risen seven-fold since the start of the month<\/strong>, jumping to 19,143 on Friday and raising fears that the pandemic is spiraling out of control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1319981644703584256&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmedical%2Ffrustrated-italians-rise-against-health-dictatorship-country-moves-toward-new-lockdown&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1319981644703584256\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Local media dubbed weekend clashes with police in Naples a appearing more like guerilla warfare.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Naturally government leaders are once again eyeing a total lockdown of the peninsula, but<strong>\u00a0it&#8217;s evident many Italians aren&#8217;t having it<\/strong>. Prime Minister\u00a0Giuseppe Conte has just issued a new emergency decree Sunday which once again\u00a0<strong>shutters all cinemas, theatres, gyms and swimming pools<\/strong>. And further bars and restaurants have been ordered to close by 6pm every night.<\/p>\n<p>This set off major protests across various cities, especially in Rome and Naples, which led to clashes with police over the weekend. Initially peaceful, local media have described many\u00a0demonstrations rapidly\u00a0<strong>spiraled\u00a0into fights with police led by hundreds or far-right protesters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1319779512889020417&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmedical%2Ffrustrated-italians-rise-against-health-dictatorship-country-moves-toward-new-lockdown&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1319779512889020417\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In Rome fireworks were shot at police trying to disperse a central plaza.<\/p>\n<p>The mayhem is believed to have been led by the right wing Fuerza Nova party which called for the population to resist what it called\u00a0<strong>\u201chealth dictatorship and curfews\u201d<\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1319743356755447809&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmedical%2Ffrustrated-italians-rise-against-health-dictatorship-country-moves-toward-new-lockdown&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1319743356755447809\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile Italy&#8217;s southern\u00a0Campania region has moved to implement<strong>\u00a0a total lockdown of the province<\/strong>, with its leaders urging the rest of the country to follow suit,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-italy\/italy-covid-cases-hit-new-record-street-protest-in-naples-over-lockdown-threat-idUSKBN2781SB\">according<\/a> to Reuters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1319779050328449024&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmedical%2Ffrustrated-italians-rise-against-health-dictatorship-country-moves-toward-new-lockdown&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1319779050328449024\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This had set off the fiercest demonstrations thus far in Naples Friday night, with a handful of people arrested, while in Rome Saturday night up to a dozen or more were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Likely anti-lockdown marches and protests will only grow &#8211; a trend witnessed in other countries that have attempted to reimpose lockdowns after long adapting to a &#8216;new normal&#8217; of common sense social distancing measures.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/medical\/frustrated-italians-rise-against-health-dictatorship-country-moves-toward-new-lockdown\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/medical\/frustrated-italians-rise-against-health-dictatorship-country-moves-toward-new-lockdown<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italians Rise Up Against &#8220;Health Dictatorship&#8221; As Country Moves Toward New Lockdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}