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Good to hear (at least some suggestion) they’re not bollocks.
Fuck I´m kicking myself for not having taken notes. My days consist of going out for a daily ride with the kids, preparing meals and scrubbing. The rest of the time I watch/read media outlets, read/watch accounts by experts. And be a besserwisser prick on an outdated bike forum obvs. ;)
I´ll have a crack at finding that interview. It was a Dutch scientist talking to one of the many arms of the Dutch public broadcasting system.
NL government announced yesterday evening that cafes, restaurants and schools to shut with immediate effect. Bruno Bruins, the health minister, said at a news conference that sexclubs and coffee shops would shut too. The horror. Schools and daycare centres to run skeleton crews for kids of essential workers, others to use e-learning.
News conference: https://www.npostart.nl/nos-journaal/15-03-2020/POW_04508177
The running gag here in Flanders is that local authorities in North Brabant, Zeelandic Flanders and Limburg panicked as nice weather saw hordes of thirsty Fleming boomers riding north of the border for their midday post-ride beers.
There was also some news footage suggesting officials in Friesland had begun acting independently of The Hague.
One microbiologist told a public broadcaster (can´t find the clip now) that the Washington Post simulation repeatedly mentioned here was realistic.
Mass hoarding, including of weed.