# N. American covid-19 deniers and Italy **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 24, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n-american-covid-19-deniers-and-italy/850171 "2020-03-24T12:36:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n-american-covid-19-deniers-and-italy/850171/1 "2020-03-24T12:36:26Z")
You see it in the media, and in the Dope - those who believe that officialdom and many of us citizens are over-reacting. So those of you who believe that: 1. have you not seen anything in the news about how things are in Italy? 2. if you have, do you believe that that can’t happen here in N. America? 3. if you do believe that it can’t happen here, why? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n-american-covid-19-deniers-and-italy/850171/2 "2020-03-24T12:41:22Z")
“Yeah, but that’s over there. This is America!” ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n-american-covid-19-deniers-and-italy/850171/3 "2020-03-24T12:48:12Z")
Well, DCnDC, if it makes you feel any better, we’re no better up here in Canada 🙂[Lives are at stake — so why are some Canadians ignoring social distancing rules? | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing-1.5507379)