[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

I follow a few doctors on twitter, and they are all saying things are actually worse than they seem. Of course it's their jobs to try and change our behaviour to make us less likely to catch it, so a bit of scaremongering is probably a good thing, but there is a lot of genuine concern about this combined with the fact that the stripping of the NHS over the last decade is a real risk factor. UK medical staff are already running out of the protective clothing they need and rely on.

Its a huge disaster for the NHS I think. We only have something like 2 beds per thousand people to start with in hospitals

I think its not that much to worry about on a personal level, but NHS wise, it could crash the country if a lot (figures say 10% ish? Probably less but clearly alot) need some form of medical intervention. The NHS has been starved of funds for too long to deal with this, hence level 4 emergency and mass panic among medical staff

I guess cancelling events makes sense if trying to slow the spread, rather than contain it. But again, it needs to be most things/everything, not just random handpicked events! Airpoirts are the main issue I see.

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Really? I hadn't heard that, ffs

Might have been bull, I don't remember where I read it (defo not the sun or whatever, seemed to be some medical journal) but its been in my head since!