Sobre o fato da COVID-19 ter
se alastrado pelo norte da Itália, o texto afirma
que:
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The lessons Italy has learned about its COVID-19
outbreak could help the rest of the world
Only carefully conducted epidemiological studies
will bring to light exactly how and why COVID-19
took off in northern Italy with such speed. But in the
midst of the emergency, experts say there are already
lessons to be gleaned from Italy's fatal errors — and
urgent messages for other parts of the world.
"The biggest mistake we made was to admit
patients infected with COVID-19 into hospitals
throughout the region," said Carlo Borghetti, the vice- premier of Lombardy, an economically crucial region
with a population of 10 million.
"We should have immediately set up separate
structures exclusively for people sick with
coronavirus. I recommend the rest of the world do
this, to not send COVID patients into health-care
facilities that are still uninfected."
Already, Italian cities in other regions are doing
this, as well as field hospitals in Milan and Bergamo, Lombardy, which are almost complete.
However, the virus was not only spread to "clean" — i.e. infection-free — hospitals by admitting
positive patients. In early March, as the number of
infected was doubling every few days, authorities
allowed overwhelmed hospitals to transfer those who
tested positive but weren't gravely ill into assistedliving facilities for the elderly.
"It was like throwing a lit match onto a haystack,"
said Borghetti, who spoke out against the directive at
the time. "Some facilities refused to take in the
positive patients. For those that did [take them in], it
was devastating."
Along with the tragic misstep of putting infected
people under the same roof as clusters of the most
physically vulnerable, Borghetti and others point to a
deeper structural factor that accelerated the outbreak
in northern Italy: a highly centralized health-care
system with large hospitals as its focus.
From: shorturl.at/cMRTW. Accesses on 04/09/2020
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The lessons Italy has learned about its COVID-19 outbreak could help the rest of the world
Only carefully conducted epidemiological studies will bring to light exactly how and why COVID-19 took off in northern Italy with such speed. But in the midst of the emergency, experts say there are already lessons to be gleaned from Italy's fatal errors — and urgent messages for other parts of the world.
"The biggest mistake we made was to admit patients infected with COVID-19 into hospitals throughout the region," said Carlo Borghetti, the vice- premier of Lombardy, an economically crucial region with a population of 10 million.
"We should have immediately set up separate structures exclusively for people sick with coronavirus. I recommend the rest of the world do this, to not send COVID patients into health-care facilities that are still uninfected."
Already, Italian cities in other regions are doing this, as well as field hospitals in Milan and Bergamo, Lombardy, which are almost complete.
However, the virus was not only spread to "clean" — i.e. infection-free — hospitals by admitting positive patients. In early March, as the number of infected was doubling every few days, authorities allowed overwhelmed hospitals to transfer those who tested positive but weren't gravely ill into assistedliving facilities for the elderly.
"It was like throwing a lit match onto a haystack," said Borghetti, who spoke out against the directive at the time. "Some facilities refused to take in the positive patients. For those that did [take them in], it was devastating."
Along with the tragic misstep of putting infected people under the same roof as clusters of the most physically vulnerable, Borghetti and others point to a deeper structural factor that accelerated the outbreak in northern Italy: a highly centralized health-care system with large hospitals as its focus.
From: shorturl.at/cMRTW. Accesses on 04/09/2020
Gabarito comentado
Vamos analisar as alternativas:
Sobre o fato da COVID-19 ter se alastrado pelo norte da Itália, o texto afirma que:
A) Incorreto - A causa está relacionada com o fato de a população dessa região ser composta majoritariamente por idosos.
Fato não mencionado no texto.
B) Incorreto - A grande quantidade de abrigos de idosos foi o fator que mais pesou na contaminação descontrolada.
Essa região realmente tem um grande número de abrigos de idosos, mas isso não foi o fator que mais pesou na contaminação descontrolada. Existiu um outro fator estrutural mais profundo que acelerou o surto,como se pode atestar pelo seguinte trecho: Along with the tragic misstep of putting infected people under the same roof as clusters of the most physically vulnerable, Borghetti and others point to a deeper structural factor that accelerated the outbreak in northern Italy: a highly centralized health-care system with large hospitals as its focus. Tradução: Junto com o trágico passo em falso de colocar pessoas infectadas sob o mesmo teto que grupos dos mais vulneráveis fisicamente(idosos), Borghetti e outros apontam para um fator estrutural mais profundo que acelerou o surto no norte da Itália: um sistema de saúde altamente centralizado com grandes hospitais como seu foco.
C) Incorreto - Especula-se que foram os turistas estrangeiros os grandes responsáveis pela contaminação em massa nessa região.
Fato não mencionado no texto.
D) Incorreto - O grande responsável foi o governo italiano que não tomou as devidas precauções a tempo de controlar a contaminação da população.
O que o texto descreve é que foram tomadas decisões equivocadas. O governo tentou estabelecer precauções para tentar controlar a contaminação da população, mas não foram as precauções corretas. Veja o seguinte trecho do parágrafo 1: But in the midst of the emergency, experts say there are already lessons to be gleaned from Italy's fatal errors — and urgent messages for other parts of the world. Tradução - Mas em meio à emergência, especialistas dizem que já há lições a serem aprendidas com os erros fatais da Itália - e mensagens urgentes para outras partes do mundo.
E) Correto - Por enquanto não há estudos epidemiológicos que expliquem a rapidez com que o coronavírus se espalhou por essa região.
A resposta se evidencia no seguinte trecho do 1o parágrafo: Only carefully conducted epidemiological studies will bring to light exactly how and why COVID-19 took off in northern Italy with such speed. Tradução - Somente estudos epidemiológicos cuidadosamente conduzidos trarão à luz exatamente como e por que o COVID-19 decolou no norte da Itália com tal velocidade.
Pela tradução, percebe-se que os estudos ainda trarão à luz as informações. Nesse momento ainda não há estudos epidemiológicos que expliquem a rapidez com que o coronavírus se espalhou pela Itália.
Gabarito do Professor: Letra E
