To think mumsnet is making more fuss of corona than anywhere else on the Internet, or in general society

[FreshFancyFrogglette]

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??

[PeninsulaPanic]

Some people on here have lost their marbles.

Whereas you're just being deliberately thick.

Which part of "this is an unprecedented public health crisis in at least two generations of British people's lifetimes" do you not understand?

People like you are fucking dangerous

[badg3r]

I am abroad. We have been all been told to work from home in my city. Train services and nursery provision has been scaled right back because of sick staff. Back in the UK our affiliated universities are all in the process of shutting down their research labs. All high schools are closing. Sports clubs are cancelled. I would say the UK response is a little behind the rest of Europe. People are not taking the implications of having a significant portion of the work force off sick and hospitals inundated with sick people seriously enough by half.

[Snowinthelow]

I think if you are in the Uk op you might not realize how extreme measures are getting else where. We are in Ireland and everything is shut, schools and childcare services potentially until September. This is obviously having a huge impact in society. I can’t work so down loads of money. All pubs , churches, restaurants, gyms etc, all closed. It’s really serious here. How can that not be a huge deal?

[TwelveIslands]

to mean don't go into work

That's exactly what the advice is! Work from home if you possibly can.

[Snowinthelow]

Also I agree, people here are just at the Uk

[ElspethFlashman]

Unfortunately I read today that the Italian death rate so far has been over 7%.

Now in fairness they played a reactive game.

Like the UK.

[Cyllie33]

Tbh OP, my main worry is people like you who won’t follow the advice to minimise this. I actually don’t know anyone in real life selfish enough to do that, so yes - Mumsnet has made me more worried.

[Patchworkpatty]

I can assure you OP that I am not a natural worrier. I am lucky enough to have rarely experienced anything close to anxiety.. I work in law enforcement environment and am not known for my ability to be easily upset ... but ...

This is real,
This is scary

When a man stands in a public select committee and states that 'if we see less than 20,000 deaths we will be lucky ..

Surely even you can see its time to take this seriously.

[NoBoojustNo]

Of course the people of MN are being overly hysterical, NOT!

The city iWork in is slowly shutting down. A city that is usually packed and vibrant is now empty. Theatres closed, cinemas closed, pubs closed, shops closed. And all this without a government directive enforcing it.

But yes we're all just hysterical idiots.

Oh and please for the sake of your friend with cancer, STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM THEM.

[FreshFancyFrogglette]

@Inkpaperstars the schools are still open, Iiterally following official advice by taking my dd to school. That involves being out and about. You are saying follow the advice, then criticising me for doong so.

[Cyllie33]

the schools are still open, Iiterally following official advice by taking my dd to school. That involves being out and about. You are saying follow the advice, then criticising me for doong so

You are not following advice. You popped into see a friend who has a partner with cancer and see nothing wrong with continuing seeing family and friends as normal, rather than practising social distancing. It is not just about you and your daughter. You are putting others at risk.

[Patchworkpatty]

The school stuff is in direct contravention to its own advice.. !

Are you 'social distancing' whilst taking to school. Are you always at least 2 metres away from another person ?


'Everyone should stop non-essential contact with others.' .. how does your daughter manage that at school ?

Personally I used my own common sense and withdrew my child from school.

[ClientQueen]

I've just been sent home from work with immediate effect and need to distance/isolate for 12 weeks... feels a bit surreal

[daisychain01]

This is the reality. Definitely worth a watch. It’s scary.

That's right, let's all sit down and watch a bit of light entertainment shall we, get the beers in

Wait until it's your relative or friend, then you won't treat it like a Netflix movie.

[LJL1]

I think denial is one of the protective mechanisms that the brain utilises when faced with a situation like this, and is preventing some people from comprehending the scale of what is coming.

[LJL1]

My friend lives in France and has shown me the document that he has to carry every time he leaves the house, which states his reason for being outside. The patrolling police are checking everybody who leaves the house.

[MyShinyWhiteTeeth]

I am worried about my older family members, sick friends and people with long term health conditions.

I think those at lower risk have a duty to take precautions for their sake.

[DixieFlatline]

At work at the moment I’ve been looking after baby on a ventilator. She has a cold and needed ventilation to cope. If more people were seriously ill with the same deal (e.g. coronavirus) right now, there would be no ventilator available and she would die. Does that clarify why we need to limit the spread ASAP? Of course most people will get it at some point. The issue is that if too many get it too soon, the above scenario will occur.

[AngelicaKauffman]

The thing is, there's clearly a big difference between being rightly concerned and following official advice, and panicking and spreading rumours, scare stories and conjecture online. The latter is happening a LOT on here.

[turdtimelucky]

I see no panic on here. But one entire aisle in Lidl was just gone when I was there about an hour and a half ago. It was the toilet paper aisle! The shelves were even gone! Haha. I have no idea why, perhaps they wheeled the shelves off to restock them or something, but I've never seen anything like it. I couldn't buy spray cleaner for my kitchen, couldn't get hand gel, hand soap, or my usual tissues (went to 2 Pound shops, Wilkos and Lidl). Couldn't get pistachios! Only one brand of coffee left in Lidl. No long life milk. No paracetamol or pharmaceuticals of any kind left in Wilkos. Managed to get Nurofen in the second pound shop I went to. No paracetamol anywhere. 2 weeks ago, or 10 days ago when I last wandered around the place, these shelves were all fully stocked. Honestly, people are much calmer on here than they appear to be in real life. Real life is pissing me off to be quite frank!

[turdtimelucky]

Saw a poor man on the bus who had obviously been instructed (OR PERHAPS HE DECIDED ALL BY HIMSELF) to stock up on toilet roll. He had 3 packs of 4 rolls of cheap toilet paper (the kind that one wipe of your arse uses up half the roll). I felt solidarity with him lol! I've got some toilet roll left, but am rationing it to myself until I can find some somewhere to buy more. Think 1 sheet for a No.1, 3 sheets for a No.2 type shit! Madness.
Nobody is appearing to act chaotic, but the empty shelves in the 4 shops I was in tell a different tale.
Boris today hinted that he would potentially need to take stricter measures in the coming days.
Airlines and airports are at the brink of going completely bust.
Pubs are having to close. Restaurants are having to close.
Saw a few people wearing masks going around today too - which I haven't seen in the previous days.

[HeresMe]

The thing is, there's clearly a big difference between being rightly concerned and following official advice, and panicking and spreading rumours, scare stories and conjecture online. The latter is happening a LOT on here.

Totally correct some people on here are hysterical, and if you don't follow their line they regularly start swearing at you, there is so many people who 'know someone' or are armchair experts, when all their info comes from social media.

Often in crisis panic harms more people, than the crisis.

[FreshFancyFrogglette]

@Patchworkpatty used your own common sense, rather than following the official advice. And I'm the dangerous one.

I'm actually following the advice here in the UK, that we have been given. Rather than inferring extremes from it. I'm following it. Not once does it say don't visit people with cancer, or don't go to the shops or go for coffee. It says don't do these things if you are showing symptoms!!! Not once does it say take your kids out of school. The people using their "common sense" are the ones already taking the kids out of school, contrary to official advice. And panic buying all the shit in the shops.

[turdtimelucky]

Not sure if you follow the stock markets OP, but they're all on the brink of collapse (globally) too.
This really is a crisis and if you can't see that, then I would question your intelligence that you allegedly possess.
Jesus. Just open your eyes or your ears!
As for going to visit your friend with a partner with cancer - well..... I'll say no more. I'm not sure who was thicker - you or her.

[turdtimelucky]

Not once does it say don't visit people with cancer, or don't go to the shops or go for coffee. It says don't do these things if you are showing symptoms!!!
Maybe turn on the news today. Or yesterday.
Jesus Christ - yesterday we were advised to not visit the elderly or those with underlying conditions. Did you not comprehend that cancer is an underlying condition you utter dope ?