I would say our window of opportunity to prevent contagion here in the UK closed during Chinese New Year. Here in the North West we have thousands of Chinese students, many whose parents came visiting them mid January. It would be nothing short of a miracle that infection did not take place here, and all over the country with large student populations. Now we simply wait for the inevitable, it will happen, how severe we don’t know, yet.
Our lives and way of life may be about to change in ways most can not comprehend, some permanently, some only for the next few months. It is imperative that we stay calm and focused, panicking and overreacting will lead to nowhere good. Protecting oneself and their families by adopting proper hygiene care and social distancing should now be the norm.
We have had over 1 months warning, many may have dismissed the truly catastrophic potential of us becoming like China but for a few of us we have prepared by following gut instinct and reading between the lines. Now is the time to do so yourselves.
Those who have just been paid this week, do not be wasteful with your pay, use it very wisely. I can only hope I am wrong and we escape this calamity, the prospects though are slim.