This from Monday March 16, the was day PM asked all households to stay at home if anyone ill/stop non-essential contact/shielding from this weekend of elderly and vulnerable. “Case isolation, hh isolation, social distancing is v unlikely to prevent critical care being overwhelmed pic.twitter.com/HFkdnOIUzN

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) March 20, 2020

Local butcher, a personal friend, was saying this too.

It still doesn't really answer my question as to whether exactly the same pic was posted on twitter a few days ago. Not quite sure what your beef is wjth that simple question. 

Ill answer. It wasn’t.

Thank you. Some sanity. 

I thought Justin was quite clear. just look at the date.

Health minister accused of spreading fake news

Italian embassy says UK health minister is spreading "fake news" (she has deleted the tweet) pic.twitter.com/wia5nVmzMX

— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) March 20, 2020

It will come back to the government either way: bankrupting the entire insurance industry isn't a good plan.

If nothing else, forcing insurance companies to sell off their assets to meet the claims will just put more downward pressure on share prices.

Yes I saw the date. How does that clarify if the same picture was posted on twitter earlier this week? That question has been answered now.

We are now reaching the stage where a lot of people "think" they have had it. Next time you get a headache start diagnosing the symptoms. Very quickly you are likely to be able to convince yourself it is something serious. Therein lies one of the problems with self diagnosis. What we urgently need is the results from the Dutch blood donors antibody screening.  

Most buisnesses are not covered by their insurance for this kind of interuption.

Can you please stop with this partisan stuff, its not the time for it.

Food bank in West Yorkshire is forced to close after thieves raided it on Wednesday evening.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-51964828?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR0WZgzmOZW8WicZPtoBv7yHGSK3cWhpdTOCHqwntxFn0wv0nWxMgTSaDps

Google reverse image search shows it to be new - only two other matches, in retweets of that one.

That is such bollox – it absolutely is the time for it. HMG is failing on so many fronts and this must be pointed out. Otherwise they would have just let the virus 'rip'. 

I'm against corporal punishment, but I'd happily see these beaten to a bloody pulp. Utter scum. This struck me from the article as well:

"They’re stealing stuff because they know they can sell it at pubs and clubs."

1) pubs and clubs could/should be shut - but Bozo doesn't want to upset some of his core support

2) blame for the panic buying must rest on the supermarkets for allowing it, the people doing it for buying far more than they could need, and the government for being shambolic in the message they are sending out

Except that Quantum was responding to this comment by Ulric, "They'll also fail to enforce closures of things which would allow businesses to invoke insurance to cover business interruption."

So, it was a valid observation; it wasn't a defence of the government's handling of the crisis, was it?

'Pubs are packed... not a brain cell in there': Anger as young revellers STILL ignore calls to stay at home – as Wetherspoons boss insists his bars WILL stay open during coronavirus crisis

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8133303/Pubs-packed-revellers-despite-calls-social-distancing.html

The Fail has clearly cottoned on to the fact that most of its readership will be dead within a few months and the idiot Martin is accelerating the process.  

Sad thing is I think this is just the beginning. As the panic biuying escalates and shops run down on even more of their stocks, I can see people turning to looting.

I agree that the government's actions have been shameful. A total lockdown should have been called when transmission began occurring in the UK, but they did nothing. I also agree that supermarkets should not have allowed the panic buying either.

The government has one opportunity to get ahead.

If they do not close the pubs ahead of the weekend, people will start to think that actually the government don't see this as a big issue - because if they did, they would enforce closure.

We have seen this week people have no regard for the rules. This weekend they will take even less notice.

This week so far:

We are closing schools  - What it really means - Actually schools will remain open in all but name

You need to social distance - What it really means -  People still going on the piss and being selfish

Reports now that pubs will be closed in London shortly.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/coronavirus-clampdown-london-cinemas-pubs-shut-a4392981.html

Yes it was. There needs to be a health warning on Twitter.

I am sure the PM will tighten the grip in his conference today at 5pm. 

People are still needlessly working at the office, the pubs are full and schools are partly open.

A new wave of fear will sweep the nation this afternoon as the latest numbers get published.