I agree about the economic situation as well.
It's not just the wealthy that are affected by the rise and fall of the stock market. Dh is a builder, we are one of the first to feel it whe a recession happens. Many people will be affected not just the wealthy.
I was also thinking earlier about other bad 'flu' outbreaks in the past. I think 97 was a bad year? Certainly where I worked 4 out of 8 staff had it (proper flu) and it was a struggle for a few months for staffing levels. I remember it being reported in newspapers and on the news but nothing like what we are seeing with this.
There is only a tiny, tiny % of people in the UL testing positive at this moment in time. Not even a full %, or even half a %. And it will take weeks to get to even a full %. Of those the most at risk are the 80+ with pre existing health conditions who are vulnerable to absolutely everything. Including stock market crashes.
Closing down schools and so on will have a further impact on markets with all the implications of that. The country will be on its knees financially and still have CV. Which we can't stop or contain and never could have.
Better advice would be for vulnerable people to self isolate completely until this has passed. So over 60s, those with pre existing health conditions. Those requiring care obviously can't do this but they would need to minimise contact as much as possible by maybe only having 3 visits a day instead of 4, or being cared for by family members who also self isolate.
Closing schools won't help. People who can work from home should. People who are ill or elderly should self isolate.
We've probably had viruses like this before but never realised. We probably had UK cases without even realising.
I'm glad BoJo and co aren't panicking and closing down the country. There will be riots if they do. We aren't like China or Korea or even like the aged population i italy.