Updates from Italy with Patrick O'Boyle: Sardegna Reopening

What is it like to be a resident of a popular Italian tourist destination as Italy reopens? That's the question Pat O'Boyle asks Silvia Giagheddu, who resides in Northern Sardegna, in this week's episode of Reopening Italy. Pat and Silvia discuss what it's like to witness people coming back to the island after time in quarantine and how this is affecting post-COVID-19 life. While Sardegna wasn't as badly hit as other regions of Italy, the residents are concerned that vacationers coming in from highly-affected regions might cause a new wave of the pandemic as they are allowed to travel unchecked. Pat and Silvia discuss what this could mean for residents of Sardegna and other popular Italian tourist areas. They also discuss Italy's relationship with the European Union and how Italy needs the EU's help to recover, as well as a comparison of lockdown life in Sardegna versus that of Lombardia and how the use of public transportation played a role in the virus's spread across Italy. Finally, they'll also discuss varied reactions to the return to pre-COVID-19 life, including how seriously people are taking new restrictions and how people's perspectives have changed as a result.