Quote ="Chris71"I clearly said to a certain extent it was getting blown out of proportion due to a lot of misinformation particularly within the media. There is still no real hard and fast knowledge of it as the experts are learning as they go along as its an unknown and with that comes a lot of speculation good and bad. the very fact that a large number people all over the world are clearing the shops of just about everything panic buying as though there will be no more is proof that there is hysteria.
It is without doubt a very real threat and I did not say otherwise.
Who are you to say I am not taking it seriously?? I also have underlying health issues and have been and am following the guidelines so I am not
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Armavinit is clearly concerned for there own well being, and nobody can criticise that. BUT there is no need for him/her to criticise other people for not hiding from the world. As you say, there are good and bad news stories all around, personally I have a healthy scepticism of The Indy and The Guardian, as well as Imperial (a research University who are making headlines to gain more funding). COVID-19 is here, nobody [ireally[/i knows what to expect, it is all best guesses and good intentions. We (the UK) spent over £50m on Tamiflu, which proved largely ineffective, against HN51, scientists are currently using a coacktail of drugs from treating HIV in humans and a Coronavirus variant in cats to stall if not cure COVID-19,, with some success. We have many more weeks of uncertainty ahead, digging a hole and hiding in it will not cure anything, it will still be there when isolation stops.
Acquiring a herd immunity appears to be the best way forward, taking the initial stress off the NHS seems wise, seeing if warmer weather helps is also sensible.
ask yourself this (not you personally Chris71, but everyone in general, and nobody in particular), IF COVID-19 is highly contagious, why are the fountains near the City Hall still emitting fine spray, a spray that could easily pick up waterborne particulates from sneezing and pass them into the airways of anyone passing by. Why are the buses running, and the trains, we are advised to not go to crowded pubs, but ASDA, TESCO, B&M Bargains, Sainsbury's, Waitrose remain open, we are advised not to go to restaurants, but they have not been told to close., if they were, insurances would have to pay out.
it is all a huge unknown, and it seems it will remain as such for some time to come.
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