Quote Originally Posted by GranthamPie View Post
Agree, totally... the health service, cannot and will not cope.

Funny story I heard today.. no idea if it’s true or not but it came from one of my customers who is 91 and still very active and healthy.

... Woman in Southwell is diagnosed with Coroner virus this week.... yesterday her husband was shopping in the butchers, bakers and several other shops in Southwell, telling people she had it.

We’re well beyond containment.
I agree with all of that Grantham. I think the fact that it hasn't been made clear to people how serious this is, (or in some cases the seriousness has been deliberately understated for political/financial reasons) is the biggest impediment to stopping the spread.

I can only keep reiterating the facts. Out of 100 cases approximately 5 people need to go to intensive care because their airways and lungs swell up/fill up with liquid. If they are all given access to respirators, on average 4 of them survive and one dies.

If the hospitals run out of intensive care beds and artificial respirators, all five of them choke to death in a corridor and are whisked away to be cremated with no funeral as they are infectious.

China enforced a massive lockdown in the affected areas and built special coronavirus hospitals in a few days. Italy has gone into nationwide lockdown and has the factories making respiratory equipment working 24/7 to increase output by 300%. The countries that have avoided exponential spread enforced social distancing measures very early on.

The UK plan seems to be keep washing your hands and wait until it gets worse, and when it gets worse they still won't react with a lockdown. I hope they're right but if not I hope they've got a great plan B up their sleeve. I would strongly advise people to make some proactive changes to their routines, worst case scenario is that your mates will take the piss when it's all over, on the other hand you might quite literally save a life!