alloutoffucks, yes, there are some scared people. I would say that most people are scared. I have my moments too, many of them, where I wonder where this will end and what damage will have been wrought. It is a global crisis and there is scant knowledge of this particular virus.
BUT, we have scientists working, medical teams working, and the vast majority of the public willing them on and wanting a solution found.
What we also have though - on par with any amount of damaging red-top nonsense - is a social media problem. Mumsnet is part of that now. You only have to read the posts on this thread, the posters referring to 'thick', 'uneducated', 'stupid' people who have dared to post any question. The questions aren't actually pointless, there are nuances worthy of discussion even if the net answer is the same, "No, we can't do that now". 'Public gatherings of more than 2 will be dispersed". What if that crowd is a family of 5 who live together? What's the point? That's worthy of a question - and a thought-through, civil response.
If we don't want to bother ourselves to reply, we needn't. Why do we need to call people names? I've seen plenty of this, across the board.
Not everybody feels able to stand up for themselves when they're confronted on this board. That doesn't give posters 'jugular rights'.
I question why threads about the virus are posted on AIBU rather than the CV board but I know why - drama and audience. It was the same with Brexit, the same with flooding and the same posters who fall over themselves to find like-minded 'chums' to post some really nasty responses whenever they can. It's completely unnecessary and achieves nothing other than to give the thigh-rubbers a little thrill. For them, it's all about the drama.
I would love it if MNHQ would suspend the name-change facility for a while too... and 'outed' the posters in their usual 'naice' usernames so that we could all see who we've really been posting alongside.