I agree , I did say Human Nature will just make people ignore it , the majority hopefully wont but a lot will.

Not sure what Boris and his crew were playing at really " we advise you not to go to pubs etc" bloody idiot , wake up and live in the real world 

That's what's truly crazy about this situation,  is that this is the very beginning of probably at least a year of huge disruption to normal life. 

I could see us having the highest number of deaths by late April and people saying 'wait, we'll be better off by winter, we'll be the first out of this'.

Alarming 

 Yes common sense chum, you were the one who finds it funny to panic buy.

What?! I’ve never seen anything of the sort where Justin has found that funny

So all those people packing into large scale concerts over the weekend were sensible? 

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned in a televised address to the nation  that most residents would get coronavirus, but he ruled out a full lockdown like other European countries.

Rutte says his government wants to build "group immunity" while waiting for a vaccine, by letting the least vulnerable people catch the virus while protecting the elderly and sick.

This could take "months, or even longer", he added.

Two guinea pigs now.

It's basically WW3 but with a Virus. 

That was clear from Italy too, fortunately almost all younger patients there have made it (so far!). The message was that quite a few younger patients needed intensive care, but almost all of them lived.

Still a disaster obviously and it's still evolving. Also our NHS is probably a worse system than the one in Lombardy. I feel so sorry for the NHS staff, they will go through absolute hell.

F##king he'll!

MM is an intelligent guy and look what he thinks is ok to do?

I don't share your optimism I'm afraid - enforcement will happen IMO

Their surviving because they have access to ICU care. If the NHS collapses terrifying! 

Its horrendous. I’m sick of all the horse tulipabout the younger people can’t get it. Yes they do recover and won’t die, but they can and will end up in ICU on ventilators in some cases. 

'Demand is twice as high on hospitals than anticipated, epidemic suppression is the only viable strategy and social and economic effects will be profound.'@SkyNewsThomas talks us through a report by the Imperial College's #COVID19 response team. https://t.co/XxfqAoHlHi pic.twitter.com/Ovidq3Fqmy

— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 16, 2020

Also, this article on the government website is somewhat clearer on social distancing.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults

Pretty horrendous for me. Life on hold for the next twelve weeks. I’m devastated this evening.

Sadly, you are right. I think our NHS is not in the same position as the system in Lombardy, we'll probably hit (increased) ICU capacity earlier here.

They really need to shut schools asap. 1000s of children infecting each other every day. 

The politics, culture and economics of all this is going to be something to observe in the months to come because methinks that far, far darker times are coming. The beast is awakening.