Perhaps you could explain that to relative of the 10 people who died today.

Don't forget to cancel your sky subscriptions cos there's nowt to watch..there.ll be some out there who will gladly watch repeats and more so be happy to pay for it

I went to Morrisons this morning and it felt as though I was the only person not buying toilet rolls, disinfectant, parecetamol and pasta. I haven't felt this left out since I went on that cheap, all inclusive, holiday to Minorca and I was the only one without a tattoo.

Probably explain in the same way that you do when someone dies of cancer, flu related illnesses, in car crashes & the other many various ways that people die on a daily basis.

Nobody should underestimate this virus, BUT it shows a huge hypocrisy how we as a society view death - it happens all the time, all over the world, but we are frequently unmoved by it, simply because it doesn't concern us directly.

Now we are faced with a seemingly new, unstoppable threat, that has many unknowns, people are now pretending they care about people they don't know & in normal circumstances, wouldn't care about.. For all the faux concern for others, it has to be said that the real issue is people's own concern for self. Witness the headless chickens running around supermarkets to see what this is all about... dog eat dog & a simple human survival instinct.

Best post ever.

Well said mate totally agree.....

So are you advocating that “normal circumstances “ be resumed and the various containment/delay measures be removed?

Hmmmm, where do I say that?

Ok, I take it you are not advocating any of that.



It just seemed to me that you were equating coronavirus deaths to other causes of death, cancer, flu, car crashes, etc and that no special measures to counter coronavirus need be implemented.

Not at all. I was merely pointing out that attitude to death by coronavirus is totally different to death by any other illness or method, simply because selfish people are in fear of being a victim themselves.

I certainly don't recall a classified rundown of how many people die from,.say cancer, on a daily basis during the news bulletins in recent times?

Possibly because cancer isn't contagious, can be treated for the large part and won't kill you in a matter of days. Weird that all these countries and global medical experts are making such a fuss over nothing!??! This virus may end up not claiming a relatively large number of lives but clearly erring on the side of caution is needed....bulk buying, however, is the behaviour of selfish morons.