will we se the UK on full lockdown within a week?

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who else thinks the UK will be on complete lockdown within 1 week because of the coronavirus ?

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Reply 1

1st superstar

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Original post by cerlc

who else thinks the UK will be on complete lockdown within 1 week because of the coronavirus ?

NOPE

Reply 2

cerlc

OP

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im really scared though have been coughing a bit today as well surely it is only a matter of time

Reply 3

Omeraatu

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Original post by cerlc

im really scared though have been coughing a bit today as well surely it is only a matter of time

"coughing"

cOroNaViRuS

Reply 4

Sean2202

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Original post by cerlc

who else thinks the UK will be on complete lockdown within 1 week because of the coronavirus ?

nahhh won't be a week but I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing drastic measures in a month's time.

I'm only gonna start worrying when the number of cases hit 5 figures.

Reply 7

Crimson456

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Original post by cerlc

im really scared though have been coughing a bit today as well surely it is only a matter of time

I sneezed today. Must be the plague

Overacting like this is unhealthy. It leads to shortages in supplies, Worst treatment towards people just because they believe their infects and worst it limits the medics to actually deal with this well. We will get a rise in cases. That will happen but the chances of you getting infected are so slim right now its not even worth worrying over

Reply 8

baekie

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my friend lives in italy and schools r closed till april 3rd

Reply 9

Kernel_Coder

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https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1236029449042198528

Reply 10

NaturalMystic98

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We have 273 cases in the UK and 2 deaths. People need to stop panicking!! Unless the cases start hitting 5 figures then why are we panicking. Look at how many die from flu each year. People are overreacting on a crazy level, no bleeding hand sanitizer or antibacterial wipes left on the shelves cause of people panic buying. Shops are imposing 2 packets of wipes per customer. Everyone needs to get a grip!

Reply 11

Reality Check

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Original post by NaturalMystic98

We have 273 cases in the UK and 2 deaths. People need to stop panicking!! Unless the cases start hitting 5 figures then why are we panicking. Look at how many die from flu each year. People are overreacting on a crazy level, no bleeding hand sanitizer or antibacterial wipes left on the shelves cause of people panic buying. Shops are imposing 2 packets of wipes per customer. Everyone needs to get a grip!

There's something about us Brits and panic buying. It's ridiculous, embarrassing and entirely irrational for what is supposed to be a fairly pragmatic population. Some of us will remember the fuel shortages in 2001 - same thing happened, with people queuing up round the block to buy petrol they didn't need 'just in case'.

Reply 12

username3118454

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Original post by NaturalMystic98

We have 273 cases in the UK and 2 deaths. People need to stop panicking!! Unless the cases start hitting 5 figures then why are we panicking. Look at how many die from flu each year. People are overreacting on a crazy level, no bleeding hand sanitizer or antibacterial wipes left on the shelves cause of people panic buying. Shops are imposing 2 packets of wipes per customer. Everyone needs to get a grip!

I think people are panicking because the number of cases seems to be exponentially rising but yeah I'm not too bothered atm.

Reply 13

1st superstar

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Original post by NaturalMystic98

We have 273 cases in the UK and 2 deaths. People need to stop panicking!! Unless the cases start hitting 5 figures then why are we panicking. Look at how many die from flu each year. People are overreacting on a crazy level, no bleeding hand sanitizer or antibacterial wipes left on the shelves cause of people panic buying. Shops are imposing 2 packets of wipes per customer. Everyone needs to get a grip!

People aren't panicking about only the deaths but how quickly it spreads... (Also @Em.-.)

Reply 14

1st superstar

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Original post by angelike1

I think people are panicking because the number of cases seems to be exponentially rising but yeah I'm not too bothered atm.

Same

Reply 15

Em.-.

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Original post by 1st superstar

People aren't panicking about only the deaths but how quickly it spreads... (Also @Em.-.)

Agree. While the death rate is around 3% atm (or 6% if you compare deaths to actual recoveries), 15-20% of cases seem to become serious, so if too many people become infected there won’t be enough resources so we will see the death rate start to tend towards this number. People will panic buy because they see others doing it, so even if they don’t think they’ll be ill they will think other people will buy stuff so there will be none left for them.

I am very confident I won’t die, but I suspect it will cause much disruption to society due to the number of serious cases. If it infects 10,000 I’d be confident we’ll see lockdown type measures being put in place (closing schools, public transport and having people work at home etc).

Reply 16

Igotbbcalevel

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I hope so. no school would be amazzzzing

Reply 17

1st superstar

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Original post by Em.-.

Agree. While the death rate is around 3% atm (or 6% if you compare deaths to actual recoveries), 15-20% of cases seem to become serious, so if too many people become infected there won’t be enough resources so we will see the death rate start to tend towards this number. People will panic buy because they see others doing it, so even if they don’t think they’ll be ill they will think other people will buy stuff so there will be none left for them.

I am very confident I won’t die, but I suspect it will cause much disruption to society due to the number of serious cases. If it infects 10,000 I’d be confident we’ll see lockdown type measures being put in place (closing schools, public transport and having people work at home etc).