Article from Italy - sobering and frightening reading

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They are having to make choices on who ICU equipment can be used on .

Our government is complacent IMO.

news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-italian-doctor-says-fighting-covid-19-outbreak-is-like-war-11954229

There's another thread about this with posters scoffing about scaremongering.

Let's be grown ups and discuss difficult stuff. Coronovirus message from Italy www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/3844840-Coronovirus-message-from-Italy

As a poster on their said. There are options between putting your head in the sand and rioting.
Government strategy is to delay the progress of this virus. When we enter the "delay " phase , don't people realise that it will mean drastic measures for social distancing? Which aren't scaremongering. They are strict measures.
It's perfectly reasonable for us to talk about whether we should be doing it now.

There's another thread about this with posters scoffing about scaremongering.

I know. I thought the article version of what is actually happening in Italy would mean less scoffing.

I think Boris is putting people’s lives at risks with his laissez faire attitude.