I'm not arguing that the Italian government is incompetent and...

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    I'm not arguing that the Italian government is incompetent and corrupt
    but under the Schengen laws - the Italian borders are like a siv from all sides
    its just a matter of time before Europe becomes vulnerable

    Maybe history repeats itself as in the 14th, 16th and 17th Centuries - plagues came to Europe via Venetian traders venturing out east and bringing back more than what they bargained for. It could have been much worse had the Venetians been less proactive about quarantine

    "The Lazzaretto Vecchio is an island of the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, located near the Lido of Venice. Between 1403 and 1630 it housed a hospital which cared for people during the plague epidemics and as a leprosarium. It was later used, as were other islands, as a military post. It covers an area 2.53 hectares (6.3 acres) large.
    Since 2004 archaeologists have unearthed more than 1500 skeletons of plague victims buried here between the 15th and 17th centuries. These have been found in individual as well as in mass graves. The remains of thousands more are expected still to be found on the small island as the death-toll reportedly reached 500 per day in the 16th century.
 
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