Quote: Dita's Slot Meter "I'm not going to belittle this outbreak. People need to be sensible and behave in an appropriate manner, which should be the case whenever there is a serious virus around and also in general life - I'm still bemused at the amount of people who obviously never washed their hands before this blew up.
HOWEVER, the one thing that is definitely boiling my urine over this virus, is the general over reaction in the media, which I believe has contributed massively to the whole panic that has ensued.
With this in mind and seeing that most on here are old enough to give an answer, I have to ask the question about what would have been the reaction had this happened in pre Internet days?
Seeing that in 1989, 60% of the population caught flu and 26000 people died, yet nobody batted an eyelid, never mind postponed a rugby or football match?
Again, I'm not suggesting we ignore what is happening and we obviously need a concerted effort to keep things under control, but is it possible that many have simply become hysterical, after being fed a constant stream of doom online and on the TV and we are taking things out of proportion with talk of total lockdowns and army on the streets?'"
I agree I was shocked at the BBC interviewing an NHS worker where they where complaining about lack of safety equipment.
According to the BBC the NHS workers only had the standard face mask and a paper apron instead of a full hazmat suit...!!!
there is no such thing as a paper apron for a start as they are clearly plastic and disposable. and that was the picture they showed on the news..
so why should we believe anything they churn out if they are trying to panic us into believing that vital NHS staff are wearing paper uniforms...
still some left over BBC bull from Brexit I guess
