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To think mumsnet is making more fuss of corona than anywhere else on the Internet, or in general society
FreshFancyFrogglette · 17/03/2020 11:48
Just that! Until I checked mumsnet I realised we had a serious situation on our hands, and that hand washing is essential, and isolating if you have symptoms. And that was that, carried on as normal. But coming on here, and it's people convinced they are going to die because they've got asthma, people refusing to go into work (even though they don't have any symptoms), people planning for the end of the world. I'm sorry, but this just doesn't reflect the rest of the world. I was at my friend's last night, and apart from mentioning her partner needs to be careful because he's got cancer, it wasn't mentioned. Same when I went shopping. On here it's sounds like the world is ending. Aibu??
DishingOutDone · 17/03/2020 12:50
Now you've saved me a job OP because I was going to come on here and say I'd like to talk to people who think its all a big fuss over nothing. Because I wanted to understand other people's point of view - Mumsnet often challenges my beliefs and that's the way I like it.
It seems you've beaten me to it, but so far all I'm getting is people saying it isn't dangerous cos they say so. I'd like to talk to those who have evidence on which to base their view that no action beyond washing your hands is required.
ProfessorPootle · 17/03/2020 12:54
I though mn had obscured how bad things were, I’m in sw London, according to the official figures there are 2 confirmed cases in my borough. All carrying on as normal as possible, kids at school and doing after school clubs. I work at home anyway.
Then this morning I spoke to my sister. She’s frontline NHS staff at the local hospital. There are 8 confirmed cases in ITU, 300 confirmed in the community in this area. These figures are not on the ‘official’ figures? I don’t know why. The ITU has 12 ventilators, the hospital planning documents say 50% of patients will need one, that’s 256 people needing 12 ventilators. This is already far worse than I thought in this area. Speak to people you know who work in the NHS. It’s an eye opener.
TheMemoryLingers · 17/03/2020 12:59
Husband read in Daily Mail that Mumsnet was "full of people swapping tips on where to buy loo rolls."
I said: 'No, it isn't.'
Husband: 'But it says here ...'
Me: 'I spend half my life on Mumsnet and I can assure you it isn't. That's just what a Daily Mail person thinks people who've never been on Mumsnet would expect to happen.'
lazylinguist · 17/03/2020 13:04
Sorry but YABVU and totally naïve. People aren't talking about it as much in rl as they are on MN because this is a place where people come to rant and vent their worries in an anonymous way, rather than worry their nearest and dearest.
Lots of people will die, including people you know. The NHS will be overwhelmed. Businesses will fail. People will be out of work. Society will not be as we knew it. It will take years for the world to recover.
Why, what do you think is going to happen, OP? We'll all stop going to the pub for a week or two, nobody you know will die or be hospitalised, and everything will be back to normal in a few weeks?
ChardonnaysPetDragon · 17/03/2020 13:07
No, enthusiasm it’s that.
Panic on social media, MN included, puts pressure politicians to take decisions that align with it, even thigh that might not always be the best decision.
Of course I don’t know if that’s the case at the moment, but panic and scaremongering never helps.
AngelicaKauffman · 17/03/2020 13:11
When you say it doesn't reflect the rest of the world, do you mean all of us outside the UK who are in actual lockdown, with hospitals overrun and military presence on the streets?
This always comes as a surprise to some, but Europe and the US is not the whole world. Most of the world is not on serious lockdown.
nachthexe · 17/03/2020 13:13
Um. Where I live we have closed all daycares, schools and post-secondaries. Our town facilities (pool, library, skating rinks) are closed. Most bars and restaurants are now closed but are offering deliveries so that they can retain some staff and pay them. (DS not so lucky as he works at the pool). I spent yesterday administering the closure of our arts facility. The government has restricted entry to the country.
One of my staff is pregnant and her restaurant worker boyfriend is on a zero hours contract with no work, but as he’s technically still employed he can’t claim.
The rest of the world are indeed aghast at how lax the UK measures are. But I’m guessing you know that and this is some sort of reverse to get people to froth.
If not, I wish you luck. Hopefully you won’t need it.
buttermilkwaffles · 17/03/2020 13:19
"Until I checked mumsnet I realised we had a serious situation on our hands, and that hand washing is essential, and isolating if you have symptoms. And that was that, carried on as normal. "
The UK advice has now gone much further than that, avoid bars, restaurants, theatres, cinemas, work from home if possible, avoid all non essential travel outside UK etc.
woodchuck99 · 17/03/2020 13:21
Panic on social media, MN included, puts pressure politicians to take decisions that align with it, even thigh that might not always be the best decision.
Given that we are only three weeks behind Italy now I think it unlikely the change in tactic is anything to do with public pressure. They are getting plenty of pressure from the World Health Organisation and other experts.
AlphaJura · 17/03/2020 13:26
Most people I know in real life are taking it seriously and talking to each other about how it affects them/what they'll do. Some people are very worried about family members. Many people on Mumsnet seem to be strangely complacent ie not even knowing WHY some people may choose to keep their kids off of school (when nearly every other country in Europe has closed schools).
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