Not sure I agree, what did they dither and delay? If you are talking about closing schools then I think they got it right and IMO have only closed them now due to the vocal/left wing teachers union. Should they have caused mass hysteria when not necessary. Let’s not lose sight that this has all been caused by the Chinese and their disgusting habits, who, not surprisingly were very tardy in producing true facts and figures.

True as stated previously my wife works for Border Force and had come face to face with passengers from China and all over Europe. WE doesn’t seem to think that put her at risk.
Unfortunately I think big business took priority but now those same businesses are reaping what they sow

yes, and had unchecked flights from Italy up until last week, they have more deaths than China now, unbelievable Boris!

I heard this today too. Unlike many I am actually much busier at the moment than normal but am doing my work completely alone, so safely. So I have the radio on for company and get all the updates and speculation. What our own expert said when questioned about this was that it has always been true that younger people can contract the virus but that their symptoms will often go almost unnoticed and unrecorded. Only if a younger person has a serious pre-existing condition is it likely to be life threatening but as they can easily infect others, without even realising they are themselves infected, that it's essential that they too practise social distancing. Older people are more at risk primarily because more of them have one or more pre-existing conditions.

The good news I heard today, which doesn't seem to have received much attention, is that work is well underway to develop an "anti-body" test which will tell if somebody has had the virus and is therefore safe to resume normal activities, ie go back to work. This will not just benefit the NHS staff but everybody. Johnson described it as a "game changer" and I think it really could be just that. It is still a month or two away but if we can get through those months then things could start to look brighter.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Yes, a bit counter intuitive, but I think when the body is attacked by a virus it goes into overdrive fighting the infection, an immune system imbalance can lead to multiple organ failure - the virus getting more powerful due to the strength of a bodies resistance.

Always need new candidates for the Darwin Awards...