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Yeh I’m with you.
I worry that as a society we’ve had decades of the media telling us things were an emergency when they actually weren’t. And now there is a situation that is very high risk, a lot of people are just shrugging it off as another overreaction. I’ve noticed this amongst friends and family.
I found myself in this bizarre role reversal with my Grandmother a day ago, because it’s normally her telling me I’m going to die from Ebola/knife crime or whatever the latest Daily Mail headline is. But here I was, trying to get her to take this seriously and make significant adjustments to her daily life. She told me I was just panicking over nothing.
I’ve since had an argument with my family because I think it is totally irresponsible to visit my grandparents who are 87 and 90 years old, when it’s very possible we could pass the virus on to them. They went ahead with a party last night of 50+ people. I didn’t go.
Personally I think this is where the U.K. government response or at least the way they are communicating their choices, doesn’t line up with what is looking very likely to happen in the next few weeks and I think a lot of people are going to be shocked.
Fyoosh-
We’re in a similar situation; it’s my grandmas 90th on Friday. She’s in the early to mid stages of dementia and it’s all she’s fixated on for the last 12-18 months.
The party organised for Saturday is cancelled but the biggest issue is trying to get her to stay inside. She doesn’t understand why and keeps forgetting the party is cancelled / Coronavirus is a thing.
It’s heartbreaking for my mum.
I think a few of us will head over there on Friday as we will have been isolated for over a week by then.
Soul
Yeah biggest worry is just how unprepared we are regardless of how good our approach is.
Also feels like most don’t grasp the potential here.
I asked a friend how many deaths he thought there would be in the U.K. he said 500, this shocked me. I’m either massively over worrying or people are a long way from the reality.