Acid and mushrooms

Looks like all UK schools are being shut down on Friday. Good luck to those with children!

OMG.  I don't have children myself but this is going to have a huge impact on...just about everything!  

In his press conferences, Boris acts like people are unhappy with being asked to make these changes in their lives, and is trying to justify these changes in behaviour. But everyone I have spoken to already gets that and just wants them to do more, and sooner. And to make definite decisions, and to stop throwing maybes around.

The constant U-turns just reek of mismanagement. The decision to keep the schools open, then to close them a handful of days later, is just bizarre. What was gained from that, and how much spreading occurred during that time.

My vote is to just shutdown now.

I would agree with you if we were ready for this, but we still don't have enough ventilators. I think schools should have shut this week imo. Italy had a lockdown 10 days ago, but deaths are still rising. Also there is still no proof on the immunity of the virus or if it will decline in the summer months.
Apparently though over 40,000 are being charged with violating the lockdown in Italy, I hope the UK citizens have more sense, but not so sure they will.

70 million uk population

1.9 million health care personnel

37746 people tested in uk for covid 19

4000 test kits available

Only hospitalised severe symptoms tested for covid 19

NHS has 5000 ventillators


Think government should put emphasis on enough kits to supply health care personnel , once staff are effected there will be no one to replace them as the U.K. Depends heavily on temporary staff from the eu but with travel restrictions that has ceased, also would continue the cycle if not detected .

With now press releases due with discussion about 4 months isolation for the elderly and now the peak can follow the following year it looks long term.

With not enough kits available it would be best if they needed to have a lockdown like Italy isolate a city at a time so as enough kits to test population of the city then move on to the next city, presently not enough kits present and testing is the key to stop the spread .slower impact on the economy 

HIV / aids has been in research for 36 years and no vaccine was found or developed ? we are just assuming at this stage a vaccine can be found?!
Talking about 80% of populations will be effected and the way countries are reacting looks pretty serious now .

Another note , during brexit , uk had all these consigincie plans in place in case no deals are made to stock warehouses for food products and charter ferries , uk produces 51% of food consumed the rest is imported ,a virus is present and no cure present and highly contagious and no firm trade deals with Europe and government release statements not to panic buy ?

It it is irrelevant comparing to the flu as flu is established in the population and no where near enough testing to compare , the virus has just been introduced to the uk population , once established as the same numbers then comparable scan be made 

www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-rapid-tests-for-use-in-community-pharmacies-or-at-home

www.gov.uk/government/news/coronavirus-testing

Italy had 3,000 cases, similar to us, in 4 th March
Italy shut down on 9 th march.
China took roughly 4-5 weeks to go from shutdown to little or no new cases.
Only time will tell.
My thought, however, is that hopefully there will be consensus on opening up again as different counties are on different trajectories. We all need to sing from the same sheet.

From what i read, there is a 2-8 week horizon on severe cases, and it takes two weeks to get better from a mild case. So i imagine it will take another week or so before we start to see improvements in Italys situation and then another few weeks after that for the worst cases to be resolved.

My source: www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-symptoms/#duration