Friend cancelled because she's scared of catching coronavirus..aibu to be annoyed?

[lindseyvvt]

Saturday night we are going to a concert in Newcastle (well we were meant to be )
We've paid for train (over £100 each ) and hotel (£150 split) and £80 ticket each.
Tonight she text saying she isn't coming as she is scared incase she catches coronavirus.
So I have nobody to go with and we only reserved hotel so I will have to pay £150 for that.
Aibu to be Annoyed?
I told her to get a grip,and was she planning on not going out till after this has gone.

Why didn't we stop flights in and out of the effected countries ?
That's what I don't understand

@lindseyvvtThat would have required actual Organisation and work. We have a government which excels at posturing and a PM who was known even as an 18 year old at Eton for being a lazy responsibility shirking poser. You get what you vote for.

COVID is serious, this is an (unconfirmed) account retweeted Ben Goldacre regarding the situation in Italy: mobile.twitter.com/jasonvanschoor/status/1237144089855963136

We need to take measures to avoid spreading it- it looks like around 20% of people require hospitalisation, which will very quickly overwhelm the NHS if huge numbers are effected rapidly.

Key message is to not panic, but take this seriously.

I think you need to be better informed OP

You are part of the problem and all those who think like you do.

Saying that there was a report that if all the young fit health people get it, they’ll creat a heard immunity for the next sweep

Retweeted by

I'm sure I read that the symptoms won't show for 5 days. So what are we all meant to do? Everyone self isolate for a week just incase? The whole country would shut down.
Just be cautious and hygienic.

I'd be interested to see whether every single person who has died had underlying health issues. If anyone has actually died of coronavirus

@leafyygreens
Our government is positively catatonic. A bit of panic might get it to at least turn on the TV and gawp at the news for half an hour.

Grrr I’ll try again: mobile.twitter.com/jasonvanschoor/status/1237144089855963136

Scroll up!

If I did need to self isolate I would.
I have been washing my hands all the time,I've bought hand gels.
So I'm trying my best.
It's just the thought of changing plans and how it's gonna be a massive change to everything.
I've just seen America have stopped flights in except UK/IRELAND

@Cam77

There’s a fine line! People become very stupid when they panic (racist attacks, stockpiling food and meds) so I feel we need to be careful to avoid hysteria 😬

People are only going to get worse with the stockpiling from now then.

Hopefully this pandemic will cull the thick as fuck.

I was going to say that some of the threads in this section in the last few days really show Darwinism at work.

No way would I go to a concert at the moment. This is a serious epidemic and it’s sensible to avoid exposure where possible.

And she might have her own reasons for doing so. I’m being extremely cautious because my DM is terminally ill and if I catch it, then I’ll possibly never see her again, so it feels as though the stakes are very high.

@lindseyvvt

That’s not a reason to not restrict unnecessary travel?!

Cam77 just out of interest, what do you think Jeremy Corbyn would do differently, given he would be receiving the same medical advice? I'm not sure, he just doesn't seem like a very practical kind of person to me, at all.
I agree about stopping flights though, should have happened weeks ago.

It's just the thought of changing plans and how it's gonna be a massive change to everything
It's an actual crisis, you do get that don't you? It's a little bit like a war breaking out, business as usual is no longer an option and the sooner everyone understands this the better.

There is 66 million in the uk and less than 500 cases

Worlds most stupid argument.

This started with one single person. In about three months that one person infected about 100,000 people. As they say, you do the maths.

There is no way we have only 500 cases in UK at the moment. There is at least a 15 day delay on average for a person to get infected, develop symptoms, get tested, and get results.

If the number of actual infections cases is growing about +33% each day, which is similar to other countries that have not enacted distancing measures, then there are probably at least 30,000 infected people in the UK today.

The key unknown is whether 10% of them will really need hospital care in order to survive. If they do, then this is going to be really, really terrible, and every day of further delay is going to cost thousands of lives.

We can still do something about it in order to dramatically lower the number of deaths. I found this website (not mine) that helpfully explains not only the nature of the problem, but many solutions that every individual can start to put in practice, without waiting for government action.

www.flattenthecurve.com/

@lindseyvvt, Even if you are among the lucky 80%+ who would end up getting so-called "mild" disease (which still often includes pneumonia so it's not actually that mild), how many unknown people's lives are you willing to put at risk in order to attend a concert?

We don't need to "stop living" because of a virus - but we do need to change how we live, for at least a couple of months and possibly more, in order to keep living with this virus

I think a lot of things will be cancelled from tomorrow for 3-4 weeks, so don't blame your friend, your concert will likely not go ahead would be my guess

So I'm trying my best.
You aren’t. Trying your best would mean not travelling to an unnecessary mass event and staying in a hotel- all purely for leisure and pleasure.

It's just the thought of changing plans and how it's gonna a massive change to everything
Yes it is, but we're just going to have to get on with things. We might even learn a few things along the way, about the things that are really important.

I’m due to go to the theatre next week, I’m going to be cancelling. The money has gone whether I go or not (I’ve paid my share) and I just can’t risk it

You don't understand an awful lot, it seems.

Some airlines did stop flights in and out of the worst affected areas. It is the government that has had no coherent policy on it.

I'm not a panicker over coronavirus and I am definitely not into the ridiculous panic buying of toilet paper. However, I and some people I know are in an at risk category. I do have to take responsibility, as do we all.

Places where people gather in large numbers are ideal conditions for a virus to spread. That is why concerts such as you are booked for are likely to be cancelled and schools may well close for a longer Easter break if today's COBRA meeting decides to move on to the delay phase.

I'm not into mass hysteria either, but this is happening and we will all have to abide by it.

You are coming across as an ignoramus.

YANBU your friend is being ridiculous. There are 60 million people in this country and 460 have it ffs.

How many football matches /concerts will end up being cancelled ?
Every single one
Will the government actually do that and all the money lost.
We will see
The only thing so far I've seen is today he will say anyone showing ANY temperature to start self isolating