I'm really confused on so many levels. I don't understand why such panic about contracting it IF you have no underlying health conditions or are over 70.
The chance of dying is still much lower than many, many other illnesses.
I obviously get why people shouldn't be going out of their way to get it - to protect the NHS in the main.
But my understanding of this disease after watching hours and hours of documentaries and reading up is that 80 percent of us WILL get it.
Lockdown is to stop it spreading so quickly that NHS can't cope to treat everyone leading to many more deaths than necessary - it's not to stop us getting it (which inevitably most of us will).
Have I totally missed the mark here?
I don't get why so many people I speak to are acting like getting it means you'll die instantly once you contract it. It doesn't.
Does anyone else feel the same?
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Soph7777 · 25/03/2020 21:11
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