It's like when you plan to go riding at the weekend but the weather forecast is for storm force winds, you think, 'it wont be that bad, I'll head out anyway' and when you leave home it's not too bad so you think it was a fuss over nothing. Duncan left for his ride before us and is further down the road and being battered by 80mph winds. Just because it's not here yet doesn't mean it's not coming.
I've seen no change in peoples behaviors here (Isle of Wight) over the last few days, they are still sat in the pubs and cafes, still stood about on the streets discussing how 'it's just like a cold I, don't know what all the fuss is about', the only thing people have done is rush to the shops and buy everything they can
What we are seeing now in terms of infections is a picture of the transmission from a week/2 weeks ago. We haven't learnt the lesson from Italy that action needs to be taken earlier, but the British public wouldn't entertain having to change their way of life and have their freedom reduced.
My mum is 83, my father-in-law is 80 and and diabetic who had a triple by-pass, my mother-in law is in her 70s and very frail, my wife has a reduced lung function following hooping cough last year (and works at a hospital) and my brother has a reduced immune system. Without drastic action to reduce the transmission rate all of them are facing an uncertain future
