Corona - Dying to Live

Italy now has more than double the total deaths notified than China. 6077 as opposed to 3270 - That is supposing that the figures are accurate, which of course they probably aren't. The UK has moved up to 7th position in the daily death chart.

 

We are at a stage when, if we do what we have been instructed, we can possibly change the course of the disease in the UK. But we aren't doing what we have been told - yet. 

Italy, which has been devastated by this disease, does not seem to have had the same huge problems with non compliance by their population. That despite the fact they have a Maditerranian, very social culture. They have not been food stockpiling in the way self serving people in the UK have. They shop differently - mostly daily & local. I have friends in Lake Como & they haven't had any problems at all, but they don't go into the city to big supermarkets. However the Italians have a much bigger police force than we do. Italy has 456 police per 100,000 people, England & Wales have 208.

Compliance may come down to whether the new measures are enforcable by our police & maybe armed forces. The Army are already in place on the outskirts of London and across the country. We are used to policing by consent. This will be a completely different ball game - Fines of £30 to £1,000 if you don't comply with the emergency measures. We may be asked for identification.

This is not life as we know it. But we don't want people to die unnecessarily. We need to be individually responsible for our actions. If we allow fear & greed to win people will die so that selfish people can live.