The government have been slow to react so far. This might change today after the COBRA meeting, but it seems that the government’s current thinking is ‘science led’ which basically means that their is nothing we can do to stop the inevitable pandemic affecting two thirds plus of the population. There will be a ‘managed’ approach that prioritises reducing damage to the economy for when we gradually emerge from this round of coronavirus.
Measures will be introduced to slow down the flow of the virus so that the NHS will have a better chance of dealing with it, but with the run down of the health service over previous years the NHS response is still going to be woefully inadequate at best and totally chaotic at worst.
We’re in for a bumpy ride ladies and gentlemen, so let’s keep supporting each other on here during this ‘rocky road’ period, while we continue to do the basic common sense things such as washing our hands and wiping down door handles and surfaces etc with great regularity.