{"id":82520,"date":"2021-09-04T16:16:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T20:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=82520"},"modified":"2021-09-04T16:16:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T20:16:44","slug":"wow-italy-has-gone-totally-covid-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=82520","title":{"rendered":"WOW!!! Italy Has Gone Totally Covid Crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>&#8220;Medical Drones&#8221; Deployed Over Italian Beaches Search For Feverish People<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>In the early days of the virus pandemic, we\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/pandemic-drones-fly-connecticut-hunting-covid-carriers?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29\">covered multiple stories<\/a>\u00a0involving drones equipped with thermal optic sensors and artificial intelligence to detect if a person was feverish. More than a year later, this dystopic technology has been deployed over Italian beaches.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/533836-italy-drone-covid-temperature\/\">RT News<\/a>, citing local Italian media, so-called &#8220;medical drones&#8221; will hover over the beaches of Ostia, a neighborhood of Rome, on Saturday and Sunday, using thermal optic sensors to measure beachgoers&#8217; temperatures to identify those who may be infected with COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-09-03_12-36-48.png?itok=UDi_pLn9\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-09-03_12-36-48.png?itok=UDi_pLn9\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-09-03_12-36-48.png?itok=UDi_pLn9\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"268\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"f4dfc82a-4483-4f19-bd24-cc63c4eb2469\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ostia health officials said the drone utilizes artificial intelligence to &#8220;<em>automatically&#8221; measures\u00a0<\/em>temperatures of beachgoers while hovering at an altitude of 75-90 feet. The officials said the initial flight is part of a pilot program and will begin this weekend between 11 am and 4 pm local time.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;When the drone detects a person with a fever, it identifies them and alerts the medical surveillance team,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0the officials said.\u00a0<em>&#8220;Doctors then arrive at the site for investigation, which can lead to a Covid-19 test.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Marta Branca, the head of the public health authority covering Italy&#8217;s capital, denied rumors that drones are hunting for infected beachgoers.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s just a way to make sure that an illness or an accident on the beach or at sea is detected immediately and not a single moment is lost in the rescue efforts,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0Branca tweeted.\u00a0<em>&#8220;My father had died like that. Maybe, with that drone he would still be here.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There was no word if the drone had facial recognition software, though officials promised to respect privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Drones flying around beaches with thermal optics powered by artificial intelligence, hunting for infected people could be part of the growing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/while-pandemic-destroys-lives-surveillance-state-celebrates?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29\">surveillance state<\/a>\u00a0that is increasing worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Mainstream media is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/state-convinced-people-it-was-dangerous-them-not-be-watched-now-many-believe\">conditioning people to accept<\/a>\u00a0public surveillance (aka Big Brother state) disguised under the umbrella of COVID as there is no turning back.<\/p>\n<p>Big brother is bigger than ever and will continue to expand and intrude into our daily lives.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/medical-drones-deployed-over-italian-beaches-search-feverish-people\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/medical-drones-deployed-over-italian-beaches-search-feverish-people<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Medical Drones&#8221; Deployed Over Italian Beaches Search For Feverish People<\/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-82520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}