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Stop the panic

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Thripp · 31/03/2020 18:23

"There are certain virus phrases of which one can have too much. One is “People are dying…”, as in “People are dying, so how dare you visit your mother/drive to go on a country walk/sell an Easter egg”, and so on.

Yes, people are dying, but you will not do much to stop them dying by self-righteous policing (by citizens or by the authorities) of the most marginal infringements of the rules. People are living, too. The more they are trusted to behave sensibly without snooping and lecturing, the likelier they are to maintain psychological balance and public-spiritedness when panic is a much more prevalent risk than death.

Besides, people are not, so far, dying in unusual numbers. Roughly 50,000 people die in Britain each month. Roughly 1,500 have died with Covid-19 (not necessarily of it) this month. Since many of these deaths are of people who were already very ill for other reasons, the normal monthly statistical total has hardly altered. It is probable that the situation will get much worse, but the prevailing view is that the bad trend will not last very long"

Charles Moore is right.

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JustStayAtHome · 31/03/2020 18:27

News is on

Italian doctors have said the deaths are starting to be of younger people. Over 800 people dead in 24 hours, but this is the new norm for Italy covid deaths

Nobody is really panicking saying ‘people are dying’ though are they? It’s just one of many sound bites

Thripp · 31/03/2020 20:20

They're certainly saying it on Mumsnet, JustStay.

"AIBU to go for a second walk in an isolated field on my own land in the Scottish Highlands?"

MN: "YABU, people are DYING and you STILL want to go for a second walk, and I bet you're not boiling your keys and phone in Milton solution either. You are going to KILL several 108 year olds. You ought to hang your head in shame".

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