Is this message I've received true?!

[velocitygirl7]

So the attached message was sent to me by someone on Facebook, who has a tendency to send all kinds of shite to her entire contact list!
I'm fairly level headed but tomorrow I'm venturing out to get shopping for both my own immediate family and my parents.
I will obviously be extremely careful but now I'm panicking that there maybe some truth in the message and I've picked totally the wrong day

Pile of shite.

No, it's a horrible, cruel hoax. Also, I got it yesterday. People are such scum. Stone people, anyway...

Well the amount of exclamation marks and all caps should alert you to the truth that it's not exactly accurate! The peak won't come for another 2-3 weeks I'm afraid. In the meantime, just make sure you keep up social distancing and washing your hands etc. Don't panic, it's counter-productive. :)

FFS it's horseshit.

Take all your precautions and get off the Internet

It’s rubbish.

You just need to delete and ignore anything that doesn’t come from a reputable source. “An NHS worker told me this” doesn’t count.

Lol no. That doesn’t make any sense when you think it through.

Thank you, like I said I'm normally a totally rational, level headed type but this sent me down a pit of doom!!!

She's the type of person who posts those delightful 'share this if you hate cancer' type posts.
No, I bloody love it, obviously....

It looks exactly like a chain letter to me. It should be treated with exactly the same level of contempt If this was truly the case it would come from a Government Agency, not nameless NHS worker.

People that post this sort of shit are the lowest of the low.

Ignore

I mean, generally it's a load of bollocks. The level of contagious-ness (not a word!) doesn't go up with worsening symptoms. You're as contagious carrying it but not showing any symptoms (apart from coughing everywhere obviously).

What is true, is that the incubation period after the stupidity that was last weekend is nearly over. People will probablystart to get sick in bigger numbers now as a direct result of going to the pub for a last hurrah etc.

My bloody mother keeps sending shit like that to me & it’s doing my head in.

She’s an intelligent woman, and is a key worker herself, so not quite sure why she acts like a 13 year old, passing on chain messages that her sister sends her.

This is worth you reading...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-51967889

How do people know it's not true. Basically it's saying stay in. Considering the government is saying cases are going to peak in a couple of weeks then it makes sense that a lot of people will just be displaying symptoms now and that is the point when most people are most infectious ? People are not meant to be leaving home unless it's essential anyway and that is all the message is saying.

It literally makes no sense. Why would it be true?

It’s bullshit.
Anyone who uses that many exclamation marks is not to be trusted.
Do your shopping, don’t touch your face, stay 2m from everyone and wash your hands when you get home.

FB is so full of shit right now.

Iliterate nonsense

I had the same thing last week AND the week before

My uncle has just sent the same message to me. It's total bobbins. I'm more worried that he's buying into it - he's elderly, vulnerable and hasn't been able to see his wife of 60 years for two weeks because her care home is in lockdown.

If I knew who had sent it to him, I'd have a few choice words for them

Anything with that kind of information would be communicated through official channels as well.

It doesn't make any sense The reason the peak will be in a few weeks as everty few days it's doubling and the effect of lockdown won't be felt yet (as its always 3 weeks behind - basically one week to know you've had it, one to get normal symptoms and one to get v sick if you do).

By all means be careful as there are more people being infected every day. But always be careful and only go out when very necessary, as has been instructed since lockdown started.

I’ve had to delete my Facebook because of all the fake news and hoaxes and the idiots just lapping it up. Much happier for it!

It doesn't even make sense.

I got it in French last week, which is probably where the bread reference comes from

I ve just received this message by WhatsApp. I think was send by the same person... 🙄

Stay Home
Stay Safe
and Stay Away from random posts on Fakebook.