I have a number of quite senior medical friends

and by and large, they've been broadly supportive of the approach taken. the problem with the alternative is the v obvious one that a lockdown, if extended beyond 2/3 weeks (and I do see that a short lockdown might be a good idea to alleviate overwhelming pressure - I think we'll see that quite soon) will lead to an economic collapse that will have huge consequences, including physical/mental.

Posted By: paulg on March 16th 2020 at 15:52:57

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Sorry for those who don;t want to read this stuff but just read that (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 16, 15:22:00
- Been trying to chase up unpaid invoices and clients are cancelling projects without (Coronavirus) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Mar 16, 15:43:50
  - Let me know if you need any pointers re MCOL etc. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - CWC, Mar 16, 15:52:12
    - Cheers mate, appreciate it. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Mar 16, 16:01:31
  - You probably already know this (Coronavirus) - camcan, Mar 16, 15:51:56
    - Thanks Camcan, I will definitely look into this. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Mar 16, 16:00:54
  - That's terrible,good luck.👍 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 16, 15:45:41
    - Thanks pal :-) (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Mar 16, 15:55:09
- You trust a man who has lied all of his life to tell you the truth now? (Coronavirus) - Dunney, Mar 16, 15:41:30
- Looks like France might be going the way of Italy later (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 16, 15:38:56
- Why? All the medical type bods that post on here are horrified at... (Coronavirus) - loz, Mar 16, 15:32:51
  - I have a number of quite senior medical friends (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 16, 15:52:57
    - Coronamoaners just need to believe more (Coronavirus) - Dunney, Mar 16, 16:01:05
    - also got to with up pros/cons of an immediate lockdown vs a telegraphed one (Coronavirus) - CWC, Mar 16, 15:58:06
      - and also whether you need to make a "rule" (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 16, 16:06:13
        
        I think the strategy seems to be to prepare people to lockdown and it (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 16, 16:09:31
        
        yes i think so to (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 16, 16:12:37
        
        Key workers kids might stay in like other countries (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 16, 16:20:25
        
        yes + those who otherwise vulnerable (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 16, 16:22:28
      - I still can't get bog roll FFS (n/m) (Coronavirus) - duke of york, Mar 16, 16:00:37
        
        chop kitchen roll into 3 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 16, 16:22:52
        
        try the smaller independent shops (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 16, 16:18:08
        
        But you can learn it's history by watching "The history guy" on YouTube. (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 16, 16:07:15
  - Spoke to a friend of mine yesterday who's a frontline A&E doc in Cheltenham (Coronavirus) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 16, 15:39:24
    - I'm sure its incredibly hard and is going to be for a while no matter what strategy we (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 16, 16:07:45

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