There's been a few occasions in my life that I've been scared about a tv announcement. I remember watching old black &white films where everyone was gathered around the radio to hear updates of war,thinking how frightening for them. My mom holding my hand watching the first moon landing,The Birmingham pub bombings with my older siblings being out in town, my daughter telephoning me hysterical over 9/11. This corona virus goes right up to the top of them. The Boris Johnson announcement that 80%+people are expect to get the virus. That it's 10/14 weeks until we reach the peak of this pandemic, so we are just to self isolate for 7 days should we show any symptoms continuous cough,and high temperature. The virus is doubling every 4 days so the 596 known cases will be almost 1200 by then. They also said the actual numbers of cases must be 4/5k. The delay strategy is so people don't get fed up and stop washing hands,etc so when the peak comes in about 4 weeks, we will be doing everything possible to contain it. We are about 4 weeks behind Italy in the way it's progressing.
As the peak of the epidemic gets closer I pray that a cure is found soon.
Berna x