Was that what this morning's email from Central Office briefed you to say? 

Judging by the calls to LBC from healthcare professionals, they are adlibbing it themselves with confusing and contradictory directives from up above

The reality is your beloved Tory govt is not going to take any extreme measures like the Italians, because it cannot afford to. The economy is hanging by a thread as it is, and we have a hard Brexit on the way too. Sunak is allegedly going to cut income tax by 2p and increasing public spending paid for by a massive (Corbynista) borrowing spree. Its not sustainable if there is a global recession and borrowing no longer becomes cheap

But you keep telling us the Tories are great with money

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

Just back from town. Rammed as usual on a Saturday. Lots of people here travel frequently for work and pleasure. Could Berkhamsted be one of the UK's leading cora hotspots? 

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

Having no paid sick leave isn't just immoral.

With the coronavirus outbreak, it's also a massive public health risk.

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) February 28, 2020

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

So who is going to provide paid sick leave for the millions of self employed then? 

Originally Posted by: Essan 

1600 new cases today, 3000 recovered....trending the right way

Originally Posted by: speckledjim 

1600 new cases today, 3000 recovered....trending the right way

Originally Posted by: speckledjim 

So who is going to provide paid sick leave for the millions of self employed then? 

Originally Posted by: Essan 

One way the uk could contain this,and this may be extreme, is to shut down all travel into and out of the country for the forseable.

Originally Posted by: springsunshine 

Fine if you want the economy to collapse

Originally Posted by: speckledjim 

One way the uk could contain this,and this may be extreme, is to shut down all travel into and out of the country for the forseable.

Originally Posted by: springsunshine 

According to healthcare expert who called into LBC, there are only 15 specialist isolation beds in the UK - the sealed room etc

What would happen is the military would be called into to set up tents to house patients with the virus

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

Latest from Italy 1128 cases, 105 in intensive care and 29 dead. 9 days ago they only had 3 cases staggering rise.

Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 

What is the increase in the last 24 hours?

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

...and empty shelves!

(Do people suggesting complete closure even realise how much of our stuff comes across the Channel? I suspect not, but then again our government doesn't seem to realise that either!)

Originally Posted by: Retron 

You may be right, Beast - seemingly this is what we have in Lincoln.

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/is-it-confusion-over-coronavirus-3881132

Roger

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

Fine if you want the economy to collapse

Originally Posted by: speckledjim 

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which is exactly what will happen if the forecast of 70% of the uk population become infected bears out and even if that figure is much lower it will have severe economic impacts,the stock market is already falling like a brick. This has the potential to cause severe problems to all aspects of life if it is not contained and it must be by whatever it takes!

Originally Posted by: springsunshine 

I’m using this one scroll down to see world wide, active cases seem to be coming down on that graph.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Originally Posted by: Polar Low