I am struggling to understand the exchange market reaction to the latest information.

The government has been told that banning large gatherings is surprisingly ineffective as a measure.

They have been given no scientific rationale for doing so and have maintained that any decision will be based on science

The only significant benefits of ‘delay’ over contain appears to be 1) smoothing out the impact to NHS and 2) the hope that warmer weather will work in the same way as it did with SARS. This is hope not knowledge.

So from what I can gather the decision faced by government is introduce massive draconian measures that are known to be ineffective and put the country into a semi coma in order to smooth out the impact to the NHS mmmmmm

Indeed, indeed.

miltons sophie 05 Mar 20 10:57 
I have a dampened down immune system and am resigned to catching this and am at peace with that. I have no need nor expectation for any powers that be to protect me. I have no need for transparency from health experts or governments. I am not naive I can process data which is why I expect to catch this. I will eat lots of fruit and veg to give myself the best chance of fighting it off.

Me too, although I won't be eating fruit as I never get round to it and I won't be eating veg as I can't stand the stuff, the thought of catching Coronavirus is far more appetizing to me than facing a plateful of sprouts or broccoli, so that's me fooked.

First death in uk

up to 115 confirmed cases.

What really upsets me about this is the British government, firstly they shouldnt have told people there was alcohol in hand cleansers, the alkies have cleared the shelves over there havent they !