Polluted air and COVID-19 #iorestoacasa

Doesn't it feel like living in a Steven Spielberg film? It does to me.

And as surreal as it sounds, the best thing we can do right now is to stay at home.

And take the bike, where possible, when we really have to go to work or when we do our weekly shopping.

Already we don't go out, but if we must go out, let's combine it with physical exercise so at least it does us good.

By the way, in case you missed it, we thought we would provide you with the new self-certification, you can find it on this link: NEW SELF-CERTIFICATION OF 17.03.2020

This moment will pass.  

What we can do now is to use this to our advantage, try to see the positive things and prepare ourselves to make a difference when we can finally go out.

And if you ask me what is positive right now, I say we can find something.
Such as finally getting some time to rest. And to reflect. And being with our loved ones in our own family unit.

And again,
The air in Italy has become cleaner. You can finally breathe well. I can feel it in the air. But the ARPA control units say it too.

And so it is totally our responsibility to keep it that way!

Did you know that fine dust and smog officially kill more people than the coronavirus? In Italy alone it is 100 people a dayevery day, every month, every year dying from polluted air. Without us raising the alarm. We are used to it.

So that in these crazy times we are all rightly afraid of COVID-19, but if you think about it, the polluted air we all breathe, makes more victims.

Worldwide, according to WHO (World Health Organisation) figures, some 3,000,000 people die each year from smog. If you want to learn more, I found this article useful: the coronavirus emergency has brought down the smog in our cities.

And if you could get something good out of this period when the whole of Italy was paralysed, wouldn't you feel better?

It makes me feel better knowing that a lesson, even a bitter one, has served to teach me something very important.

We can all learn from this lesson. And when we come out of this, we can think more about our future!

Each of us can make a difference by simply favouring cycling wherever possible. It makes us feel good, saves us money and puts a smile back on our planet.

People! This is all we have!