@spoketosoon
I do get where you are coming from. The government need to pay people despite not being able to go in. I think rbs for example will not charge for your mortgage payment etc. So there are bits and pieces in place. Without a doubt certain people, public services, drs and nurses, pharmacy's, vets, food chains, factories that produce food, farmers (many more I'm sure) will have to carry on. But at least in many situations by limiting crowds it might help get rid of this virus as the summer arrives. I think october-march is always the peak time for norovirus and every cold and flu you can imagine. So hopefully if a couple of weeks of inconveince is placed on people it will help.
The loss of life is something we can't just carry on ignoring. Eventually it will kill a child in the UK. Eventually it will kill someone below 70. Also it gives them more time to get a vaccine against it. Then hopefully next year it will all be forgotten.
It is crazy to think of the world stopping for this virus. It's far from ideal. But we don't want multiple deaths. We don't want people in critical condition.
China has had to do it. Italy has had to do it. That's why China is finally getting it under control. The fact they built extra hospitals etc shows how much of a strain it would put on our already struggling NHS. There's a programme called hospital on at the moment. It's currently filmed in Merseyside. It's a huge eye opener. I mean we know already there are a shortage of beds. But to see the daily struggle the staff have. They can't cope with several hundred people needing a bed for this. It's so scary.
Also I don't think the government have been clear on enough. Not to mention GPS can't see people for weeks now as it is. We can't cope with a huge demand like this. What are parents supposed to do when they are on bed with coronavirus but have young children in the house. Knowing those young children will also get poorly. It's a horrible though. Especially on a virus that's new and we don't really know what this does to us yet. It could make people people have chest problems for life. Who knows. If they can do something to control it then they should. Starting with children is a good place. The fact my child was never at ore school due to the constant viruses. She's now at school and still on average gets a virus once a month. It's halved but the kids are forced coughing before school. It's a huge germ spreading place.