Quarantine Q&A (Life under lockdown)

Hi everyone, I'm Barbara.

I'm here in Veneto, in North Italy,

and it's been exactly one week that I'm in a quarantine

at my own home.

I've been posting and making videos about

coronavirus and how it spread and I was there

three weeks ago when it all started in Vo.

Since then I've got a lot of questions, so I thought I'm going to answer them,

and I also asked you on Instagram.

The first question is: "Can you go outside?"

The answer is yes and no.

We can go outside.

The rules are not really strict, but also not really obvious,

so we can go out for example,

the pharmacy or to make groceries.

We can do everything which are...

we can say emergency actions.

Like, for example, doing sports,

so like jogging,

or having a walk--like older people are usually having walks in Italy--

you can do it but it happened for example

one of my friend told me like Innapoli there was an older man

and the policeman asked him "what are you doing?"

and he said "well you know ahh just walking"

and they sent him home

so it's uh, so the policeman can stop you and ask you to

to go home.

Uhhhhh

A lot of people are asking about

uhhhhh

if there will be any food. Theres enough food.

the basic things are still working

so there are groceries and there are like vans who are coming and going

and they are bringing

uhhhh

the food and the supplies

with masks and you know, gloves.

The trashhhh uh, the trashmen are coming

so the basic needs are are happening

so yes, there will be enough food.

you don't have to worry about that one.

a lot of times I saw this question

when will it be over?

ummmm

we don't know that yet. And that's the whole problem.

You know, in all of Italy

In all of Europe, and all around the world

we dont know when its going to

ha- uhhh

to be over.

The numbers are still going up

like really

the numbers are really high. every day

there's like hundreds of new people who are uhhh

checking in because they have the symptoms

So the problem is that we don't know when its going to be over.

Its difficult to say at this point.

Another question is connecting to this one.

Why the numbers are high in Italy?

The whole thing started in Italy because of three things

One of them is the tourist. In Italy the tourism is really really strong and big

Everyone loves to go here

obviously because it's one of the most beautiful places

and fantastic places on earth. But everyone likes to come here

so a lot of people come here.

so that's why it started here. And then people started

to spr-

to mooove

and go back to there own country

and started to spread

The second reason is because

this is a really old country

the average

uhhhhhh

life age

uhhhh

is eighty....eighty-five years old

so people dies in average eighty

eighty-five years old

which is really really high

and this means theres a lot of

really old people here

and they are the ones who

who

we need to be care.. cared about

because they got the virus really easily

and its dangerous for them.

and the third one is that I think it because

uhhhh

the italians are having

a really like small distance between

each other

So, for example norther countries

like uhh

Norwegian or Swedish people

they are keeping

one..one-half meter distance

between each other

when they are talking

Italians...for Italians its like

20 centimeters

so the distance is really really small

which means

its very easier to get the virus

so i think that's the third reason.

what is the reality of life
under the lock down?

ummmmmm

I have to say it's quite

uhhh

quite the same.

I do quite the same things

as I usually do

Its because I'm an artist

So I'm reading a lot

and I'm painting, I'm working

I'm editing videos.

So I'm doing kinda the same

uhhhh

the only weird thing is that

I dont

uhhh

I dont I dont go out

and that is..like we cant

got out and for now it's fine

but it will be at one point

it will be difficult.

I;m lucky because I have my

boyfriend and his father here

so I'm not really alone but

meeting with other people is going to

I'm going to miss it at one point

Now I'm really fine with it

Im talking with a lot of people

I talk with my frieeeenddss on skyyyype

and and you know, video chats.

So that is really cool. You can keep
communicating

and you know I was thinking about

make some wine talk with my friends

through skype, so I think uh

you know that can that can work.

But yeah its weird to be

to be in sweatpants all the time

but a-a again I usually I do this all
the time

Sylvia gibberish is asking

Do you make stock-stockplies
of food and medicine?

Are supermarkets open?

I ready that it some towns people

are not allowed to leave their apartment.

True. We have a lot of food now.

Just yesterday