I admit originally coronavirus wasn't worrying me. Even now, I'm not particularly worried about catching it. My only underlying health condition is an underactive thyroid which of course does not make me at risk. However, I am now worried about the impact on society. While it's unpopular here, I own a holiday let property in Cornwall. I was due to go down this week to get it ready for the summer, but know I can't do it. Cornwall's resources are not brilliant, with only one major hospital in the county. I don't want to bring my London germs down and infect the whole place.
I'm staying in as much as possible and carrying out guidelines when I do go out (food shopping, dog walking and as an NHS nurse still expected in work, even though I'm a CPN and have been given a mobile phone and laptop to wfh ).
But there's still people out there ignoring it. One of my colleagues is "self isolating " as his housemate has it, but the day before he went off was freely talking of going down the pub, going on holiday, how he'd even happy to catch it
. (He's a tosser). If some people behave like this, it's small wonder that lockdown is being considered.