Coronavirus: 'Wave of deaths' if social distancing not followed

Let’s hope this year is not as bad as ‘17-‘18. That was a terrible time for our country.

In the 2017 to 2018 winter period, there were an estimated 50,100 excess winter deaths in England and Wales.
The number of excess winter deaths in 2017 to 2018 was the highest recorded since winter 1975 to 1976.


https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/excesswintermortalityinenglandandwales/2017to2018provisionaland2016to2017final

For Northern Ireland the figure was 1497. https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/EWM_2017_18_WEB.xls

Scotland 4810. https://www.eas.org.uk/en/increased-winter-mortality-excess-winter-deaths_50538/

These are EXCESS winter deaths. There were 20,188 deaths registered in Scotland in the four months of winter 2018/19 (December to March). That’s 168 per day....

Yes trilby - there can always be measures taken to reduce deaths. But how risk averse should society become?

In theory all processed food should be banned given the harm it can cause. And alcohol..... quite a pickle we find ourselves in.

There’s no cure for the common cold. Maybe there won’t be for this, Herd immunity still makes sense to me. If our bodies can learn to fight it we’ll be ok. Still gonna
take out the weak though....

Wrong weather for a lockdown. It’s gorgeous out there!

Herd immunity's what we're doing though, isn't it?  Flattening the peak and holding back the flow initially for three weeks - or 12 if you're vulnerable - then slowly turn the tap back on if it's working.

I feel sorry for people cooped up and without a garden.  Not going to be easy for them.