How do you think Coronavirus will pan out?

[Whenisithometime]

It seems to be getting worse. The country is in pandemonium. Everybody in shops fighting over items and leaving nothing for people who actually need stuff.

What way do you all see this panning our? They say it won’t peak until the summer time? Do you see lots of deaths in the UK? ( I know there have been some already)

Do you see the UK going into lockdown etc?

@Dongdingdong

Obviously I wasn’t talking about wars

We’ve had it pretty easy for the last 100 years health wise. In previous generations losing loved ones ‘before their time’ was common place. There Small pox, polio, leprosy, syphillis, measles, TB, cholera, sepsis from minor injuries etc.

Many thousands more deaths, total pandemic, a deep severe recession and the end of the Conservative party

Does anyone think that long term things will change too?
Like more people working from home (many companies might realise how easily this can be done), more people taking greater care with their hygiene. Also, hopefully less pollution if more people work from home.

It will just blow over like everything else.

How can people still think this?

You're lucky if shelves are still full where you live!

I live in Hertfordshire and every supermarket looks like it's been fucking ransacked. No toilet roll, no pasta, no rice, no soap, no painkillers, no cereal or porridge!

I went into Sainsbury's and EVERYBODY was carrying toilet roll - they'd just done a restock and it was flying off the shelves as quickly as it was going up. Madness!

There’s as little proof that it won’t blow over as there is that it will. We survived swine flu, bird flu, SARs and Ebola. Not saying this is the same but there were some people panicking at the time.

I agree people shouldn’t be blasé and should take all necessary precautions; but it’s not necessarily end of days

We'll certainly sort if quicker if people follow advice and stop mixing so much and keep outings and travel to the minimum

The biggest hit will be the travel, events and hospitality industry. Many thousands will be made redundant and businesses will go under it will be years before they might a recover.

Think 9/11.

Things will be very bad.

Our lives will change a lot.

There will be "way of life" impact, good and bad. On one hand, it's likely flexible working will be more accepted, which could greatly improve working women's lives. We could also find enhanced health and social provision in the USA. OTOH, some people or their family members will suffer ongoing health and financial impacts which will adversely change the course of their lives. Mass deaths will traumatise and potentially financially ruin families. There will be significant impact to the financial system.

People will look back and accept that it happened.

We will all live a New Normal. That will be normal, our lives now will seem an age ago and rather alien. Like post 9/11.

Well it will blow over. In that we will come out the other side but to a wholly changed place.

Numerous job losses. Businesses closing.

Does anyone think the schools and colleges will actually close anytime soon? They’re talking about closing them for 16 weeks here in Northern Ireland!

COVID19 is more severe than H1N1 (swine flu).

It is less deadly than MERS and SARS but it is far, far more widespread so, like Ebola, "we" didn't have to survive them. (Presuming we = Britain.)