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I absolutely agree on that - if my teacher daughter was still living with me she would have had to stop going into school in order to protect me (I have asthma and suffer from repeated infections as well as the severe M.E.)

Of course what you have written is true and needs to be understood by governments, my comment that people moving from urban areas to rural areas might be driven by either fear or wanting more freedom, was made in response to a specific post about people behaving like this being the natural human...

It is better to provide good clear explanations to the public as part of the enforcement procedures, so people understand both what is being asked of them and why. Conversing with staff and some customers in my local supermarket earlier this week, it was clear that many average, decent people...

Quote from a Guardian piece: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/21/doctors-warn-coronavirus-could-overwhelm-nhs-intensive-care This message really needs to get out to those people leaving urban cities for the rural areas of the country.

Regarding school closures and childcare for key workers, I found this guidance on the Scottish government site, which makes very good sense (it allows the number of places to be restricted as needed). There doesn't seem to be anything comparable for England...

Whilst some people may be moving to areas to feel safer, other people are moving so they can have more freedom to go out because they don't consider themselves at risk, they are acting for purely selfish reasons with no regard for vulnerable people living in these rural areas. They know that...

However, this total lock down was only happening one area of China, not the whole country. So I can see why Europe and other countries can't go as far as placing all the restrictions Wutan had. But they can obviously go much further than what is currently happening.

When I was doing my MSc in Psychological Research Methods in 2000-2001 and was looking for suitable PhD supervisors, I had some email and telephone communications with Jonathan Smith [http://www.ipa.bbk.ac.uk/] the main psychologist involved in developing the 'new research method' of...

The new Miele vacuum bags have multiple layers, I would think that cutting up these bags would work well as homemade filters (but not a cheap option as the bags work out about £2 each). Nevertheless, a well fitting cotton mask (that can be washed at high temperature or soaked in bleach solution)...

I discovered last year that I could tolerate the Tesco own brand hand sanitiser antibacterial gel, but now there's none available. Extremely annoying as this was helping me cope with my toileting needs by using it regularly after washing my hands for the extra hygiene and protection it afforded...

I have to be very, very careful which soap brands I use or I get very severe allergic reactions. I usually use different (tolerable) brands during the day to keep changing the chemicals going on my skin. I've just worked out which brands I can use through trial and error over the years...

I think differences in schools will depend on how they are already affected, staffing numbers, parental attitudes, social and economic differences etc. I know that in my daughter's school, if they had sent out the letter asking for key worker information early (before Thursday) then they would...

It enables them to free up hospital bed spaces by discharging patients who do not need to be in hospital for medical reasons, but require social care to be safe at home (this problem is called 'bed-blocking' in the NHS and is a major problem due to the lack of social workers and the current...

I agree with what you are saying, and the UK government has made this distrust even worse by their constant changing of policy on a day by day process. However, the difference between plague and this specific pandemic still needs explaining to people, so those who are willing to listen can have...

I put a link in an earlier post about how head teachers have been warning how this will be counter-productive (sorry, can't remember which one). Originally the government were quoting figures suggesting only 10% of children or less would be required to be in school, and they said nothing about...

This is a major concern. Some of legislation proposed to enable freeing up hospital beds is going to put these frail people at great risk. It could well become a 'silent killer', not in the public domain. It's already impossible to get a food delivery online and the UK government won't...

Yes, I know, that's the point I was addressing (sorry, I didn't make that clear - that governments should be able to predict this behaviour and factor it in) That is why people need to be told the difference between this and the plagues they learnt about in their history lesson, and governments...

But this isn't the plague. This is what the public needs to grasp (and be told by government and experts) - controlling the deaths in this modern coronavirus pandemic (which are skewed towards a certain age group and those with underlying health conditions) requires different behaviours and...

Thanks for posting that Andy - I've reposted the link to other non-ME forums as this is going to affect a lot of autistic/disabled people I know.

It seems many people haven't grasped that handling the coronavirus spread and containment is about enabling all hospitals to cope with the additional demand. Most people don't realise that living in a rural area means that ones access to hospitals is already limited, ambulances take much longer...