{"id":378,"date":"2020-03-23T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/?p=378"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:46:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:46:35","slug":"monday-23-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/2020\/03\/23\/monday-23-march-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday, 23 March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/enciclopedia-auto-certificazione-25-mar-cut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/enciclopedia-auto-certificazione-25-mar-cut-1.jpg 576w, https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/enciclopedia-auto-certificazione-25-mar-cut-1-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today the Italian government issued a revised form of the <em>auto-dichiarazione<\/em> (self-declaration) we must all carry when we leave our homes.&nbsp; The new model requires additional details of the bearer\u2019s identity and specific points of origin and destination of one\u2019s movements.&nbsp; It states in no uncertain terms that one is aware of the full extent of penalties for circulating unnecessarily.&nbsp; Once this might have seemed excessive to me as an American but as a resident of Italy I find it rational and reassuring.&nbsp; Naturally the new form is followed quickly by a meme: the Italian Encyclopedia of the Self-Declaration, vol 1, 2020.&nbsp; This is a self-deprecating joke, a gentle jab at the labyrinthine legal system and the Italian obsession with facts, information, and exhaustive detail that often threatens to obscure clear understanding of most any core concept or area of knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our friends who split their time between England and Italy arrived Saturday evening via trains and a rented car; now they are under quarantine in their home on the opposite slope of our valley.&nbsp; They know several people in England who either have the virus or suspect they have recovered from it.&nbsp; Somehow this is comforting, having close knowledge of non-celebrity survivors is proof that the virus can be defeated, that fear, suffering, and loss are not the whole story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A couple of audio clips making the rounds on WhatsApp are purported to originate from medical professionals in Asia who have cared for virus patients and performed autopsies on the dead.&nbsp; The information is alarmingly graphic: by the time one has a fever the disease has already begun to shred the lungs; a more effective measure is to hold a deep breath for 10 seconds.&nbsp; If this causes no discomfort, you\u2019re still okay.&nbsp; The virus attaches to hair, skin, and clothing; strip immediately after returning from outdoors, shower thoroughly and wash everything you were wearing.&nbsp; If this isn\u2019t possible hang clothing in direct sunlight.&nbsp; The virus thrives in the mucous membranes but cannot survive stomach acids; drink every 15 minutes to clear your mouth and throat.&nbsp; I\u2019ve asked my brother, a semi-retired pulmonologist in Washington State, for a reality check but he\u2019s a bit busy with a houseful of restless 20-somethings and a new job consulting for a pulmonology clinic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Italian government issued a revised form of the auto-dichiarazione (self-declaration) we must all carry when we leave our homes.&nbsp; The new model requires additional details of the bearer\u2019s identity and specific points of origin and destination of one\u2019s movements.&nbsp; It states in no uncertain terms that one is aware of the full extent<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/2020\/03\/23\/monday-23-march-2020\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":382,"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions\/382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}