Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

They're different things. Undermining a public health strategy will result in people not complying with it, and unfortunately regardless of how stupid you are you have the same ability as others to affect the outcome (through infecting others). Undermining Brexit will result in absolutely nothing because the average person has no influence over the outcome.

As I've said, the government response is perhaps the most realistic given public reaction to date and the probability that so many people won't comply so as to make stricter controls ineffective, however criticising policy is justified and may result in more action being taken, and more appropriate action at that.

Personally, I feel safer because of the additional measures Sturgeon put in place sooner and the fact she's been consistently clearer and more honest about what's going on and why. We had drive-through testing stations set up here incredibly quickly.

I still think schools should have been closed last week, and other major events cancelled sooner however, but I think the reality is that Scottish measures stand to be undermined by comparatively more relaxed ones down South so none of this will matter.

also, the measles situation is not comparable really, is it? That's nutty conspiracy theory that's not based on anything more than the faulty science of one man, not hundreds of well respected scientists expressing legitimate concern.