Coronavirus - A pale horse,4 men and ....beer

[gutuami]

it is time when people need a strong leader, and to be told what to do. Otherwise panic will go viral and the system might collapse. Thanks god car's tanks are limited to 40-60 litters otherwise people will by petrol as well.

[wearthefoxhat]

Why are people now panic buying water? The bloody stuff falls from the sky and is available on tap!

I bought a water filter jug a while ago, so there's no reason at all not to use tap water!

[Naffman]

Why are people now panic buying water? The bloody stuff falls from the sky and is available on tap!

I bought a water filter jug a while ago, so there's no reason at all not to use tap water!

Tbf I thought they'd buy bottled water before bog roll, seems like they're doomsday prepping

[ShaunWhite]

Thanks god car's tanks are limited to 40-60 litters otherwise people will by petrol as well.

I've got 105 litres in the car, 21 in the bike, 2 in the lawn mower and 10 litres in 2 jerry cans. 138 litres of petrolly delicousness.
I'm going full-on Mad Max if things get sticky out there. Pity none of them do more than about 4 miles per litre Next thing on the shopping list is nitrous oxide.

[firlandsfarm]

Do panic buyers just panic once or do they panic every day and buy a trolley load of food again?

There must surely come a time when their larders are full and food left for the rest of us.

Nah, next stage will be throwing stuff out because they have had it for 5 days so it must be going off!

What's pissing me off is my little town of 10,000 was doing just fine, no queues, no signs of panic buying, shelves just a little down. Then last weekend I caught a report on one of the news channels that while cities and large towns were running out 'outlying' towns were coping well. Now suddenly we have empty shelves and 07:00 queues waiting for supermarkets to open. Coincidence or are we being invaded by outsiders?

[firlandsfarm]

...a White House official called it “kung-flu” in front of a Chinese-American journalist.

Now that is funny

[firlandsfarm]

Whats been sacrificed economically and whats been borrowed against future tax revenues is utterly insane, scarier still is how quickly the population at large has bought into the panic wholesale.

Been thinking this for a while now ... there is a chance more may die from the fallout of the effects of the 'big spend' than from the virus itself!

[Naffman]

Whats been sacrificed economically and whats been borrowed against future tax revenues is utterly insane, scarier still is how quickly the population at large has bought into the panic wholesale.

Been thinking this for a while now ... there is a chance more may die from the fallout of the effects of the 'big spend' than from the virus itself!

Lack of exercise, sunlight, stress and unemployment will definitely damage our health

[Archery1969]

Having spoken to some Army buddies it seems that the UK will go into complete lock down within the next 72 hours.

[firlandsfarm]

I've been in lockdown isolation since I retired 20 years ago!

[Archery1969]

I've been in lockdown isolation since I retired 20 years ago!

[superfrank]

Whats been sacrificed economically and whats been borrowed against future tax revenues is utterly insane, scarier still is how quickly the population at large has bought into the panic wholesale.

Been thinking this for a while now ... there is a chance more may die from the fallout of the effects of the 'big spend' than from the virus itself!

Lack of exercise, sunlight, stress and unemployment will definitely damage our health

The government changed tack when the data indicated they'd be hundreds of thousands of deaths and a completely overwhelmed health service if it didn't.

Other countries, including the more libertarian USA, have reached a similar conclusion.

One could argue that we might have been "better off" letting things run their course, but in this day and age (when people sue and are arrested about the misuse of gender pronouns) it would have been politically impossible anyway.

[jimibt]

One could argue that we might have been "better off" letting things run their course, but in this day and age (when people sue and are arrested about the misuse of gender pronouns) it would have been politically impossible anyway.

that's what THEY said - lol

[marketraisen]

One could argue that we might have been "better off" letting things run their course, but in this day and age (when people sue and are arrested about the misuse of gender pronouns) it would have been politically impossible anyway.

I genuinely think the government changing its approach is down to them reassessing just how hysterical and anxious the public are rather than any medical reassessment, the people are crying out to be locked in their homes and they wont be satisfied until its at gunpoint.

[Dallas]

EU cheif negotiator Michel Barnier tested positive