Well that's made me feel much better. Thank you.

Seriously though, I gave her a right ticking off over the phone. Hopefully she'll get it but I'll speak to my brother later and tell him to tell her the same.

I just spoke to my mom... She's 70 and said that she went to Ikea yesterday with my uncle.

They just don't get it do they?

I was reading it's fatal for 1 in 10000 for under 20s, and 1 in 6 for over 80s which is quite the concern.

What about 40 year old men? Asking for a friend.

What about 40 year old men? Asking for a friend.

Why are people calling this a hoax. Fucking idiots

Why are people calling this a hoax. Fucking idiots

Why are people calling this a hoax. Fucking idiots

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51988877?SThisFB

https://twitter.com/Andy_Doe/status/1239675156362145792?s=19

IOM Government press conference just finished.

We're closing our borders tomorrow, if you don't live here, you can't come in, and even then you have to self-isolate for 14 days.

Pubs, restaurants, gyms all have to close as of midnight tonight.

First confirmed case of human-to-human transmission on the island confirmed (not someone coming in with it).

Advice is 'don't leave the house unless you have to', and that is 'open to review', the implication seems to be a full lockdown if people act like silly twats.

Crikey.

Are countries going to stay close until their cases drop, or until there is a vaccine, or some other time? They've already seen people being infected in China by people coming back the country.

How long is this going to go on for? I hope that this will lead to a change in taking sick leave and being entitled to sick pay in future. That it'll become mandatory to stay away if you're sick, even after Coronavirus goes away.

And that might be when I'm allowed to leave my house again.

And that might be when I'm allowed to leave my house again.

You’re allowed to leave; you’re just not allowed back in again.

It seems that everybody either has symptoms, or knows somebody that does. The official numbers are 5500 infected...

Easily half of my (non-beex) online friends group has it. One of them was in quite a bad way, the rest less so. The numbers are utterly bullshit.

The thing is, without testing _everyone_, you can't get any idea of the real numbers. Bob could be symptom free and have it, Dave could have very mild symptoms and might have it, might not and Karen could be suffering loads of symptoms but have regular flu or that bastard of a bug that was going around at Chrimbo.

Indeed, but if we're not even testing suspected cases, I don't see how the numbers can be even close to useful. The only one I'm paying any attention to at the minute is fatality rate, which is somewhat depressing.

Do bear in mind exactly what the fatality rate they're giving here is: people who have died who have it, not people who have died as a consequence of having it.partially as due to lack of knowledge meaning it's hard to differentiate the two.

I don't know anyone that has it, except for Trooper and LewieP, and that includes the 150 people I work with in Central London

Our friends Sarah and Ed have had it (a few of you have met them.) Ed had a nasty fever that knocked him flat for most of last week. That's the closest it's come to us so far. But it's still very, very early days.

I don't know anyone that has it, except for Trooper and LewieP, and that includes the 150 people I work with in Central London

Do bear in mind exactly what the fatality rate they're giving here is: people who have died who have it, not people who have died as a consequence of having it.partially as due to lack of knowledge meaning it's hard to differentiate the two.

And have Trooper and Lewie actually had it confirmed? Could’ve been a normal flu strain or some other virus. This is the problem without testing.