The link

I have seen a couple of the friends and/or colleagues share memes on FB that state that the coronavirus is a put up job, and that 45,000 people survived the virus, so there is nothing to worry about.

Both were Leavers in Brexit, so I am hoping there is not a link.

There isn't currently a link between the virus and immigration, but due to our own stupid faults and dim as fuck PM, the UK did not ask to sit in the the EU's pandemic meeting over the weekend.

And since we're on the subject of de Piffel, he has been barely seen since last week, with different ministers coming out with different claims or courses of action. This alone creates confusion. Confusion creates panic, and panic creates panic buying.

Lastnight a report by Health England revealed that they expect there to be 7,900,000 people needing hospitalisation over the next year, the length of time they expect the crisis to last.

7.9 million inpatients spread over 52 weeks reveal that there would need to be 151,923 admissions a week.

There are 4,000 IC beds in all of the UK. We seem to be 147,900 short.

Mishandling of the crisis in its early stages will make it last longer and will be more severe.

Elsewhere, Ireland has closed all its bars and pubs. Two days before St Patrick's Day. All bar the most essential shops and places to eat in France are to close. And in New York, Los Angeles and Las vegas, all bars and restarants are to close there too, with many of the MGM casinos in vegas to close from Tuesday.

It is likely the railway francise system will collapse in weeks if not days due to loss of revenue, and they will either be brought under the control of the government or run on management contracts.

This is the start.

Fatalities in Italy are still accelerating day by day. We're two weeks behind, and nowhere near as good at testing and restricting un-neccessary contact.