(18 Mar 2020, 1:51 pm)streetdeckfan wrote It's honestly pathetic. Being Asthmatic I'm supposed to be more 'at risk' but I honestly couldn't care about it. The people who are 'at risk' should self isolate if they're worried and let the rest of us get on with it. For most people it's no worse than a common cold, and it appears that for most people once they've had it they don't get it again. If anything, I'm trying to put myself in situations to catch it!
You should have seen the size of the queue at Costco this morning, no doubt so they can buy all the bog roll! Good thing I stocked up before it became the new Beanie Babies!
Christ - how would you suggest that those at risk would get food, household resources etc?
While I agree that people need to stop panic buying, and that the mentality of a great deal of those in this country is selfish and very "I'm alright Jack", the seriousness of a pandemic should not be underestimated.
For most, yes, it will be a cold. However you can carry this thing asymptomatically during its incubation period - generally a few days for a virus. In that time think of the amount of people, surfaces etc you'll come into contact with, especially if not isolating. Those people may then be carers, family, social workers, NHS staff - all of which may then pass it across to someone who is very vulnerable to this. People need to start thinking about others - yes you might be okay, but where possible people need to be taking every precaution possible to make sure that they aren't in a position to become infected, or indeed transmit it.