The reaction to this in the UK especially seems to be hysterical.
The time to worry is when it starts taking out healthy people, until then, just sit back and relax.
What worries me more to be honest is so many people with your own attitude. I'm not having a go mate, but I really think you haven't actually sat down and looked at what this thing is actually like when it gets out of hand, or listened to what people on the front lines are saying, people working in health care, and the NHS, or people living/working in old peoples homes etc.
They are going to bear the brunt of this thing and by all accounts the NHS is stretched to breaking point as it is. The government is already talking about drafting in old doctors/nurses from retirement who themselves will be at much greater risk. Should such people be sacrificed, or protected now as much as possible, by taking aggressive measures to contain it?
When you look at the examples elsewhere, you basically have a situation where a country hopes it won't get them, and doesn't take preventative measures, but when they do get a breakout, end up having to take the same measures they should have taken weeks before, only its too late now anyway (or at least they have a much bigger problem to deal with)...
I know its easy to be dispassionate about statistics but this idea that
ah well it only kills weak or old people, is the opinion of someone lucky enough not to be old/weak himself. Once you get to that age yourself, you won't be feeling like that, nor would you if you were a doctor or a care worker.
Yes its not small pox or the Black Death, but people need to start taking it more seriously, and the government needs to take action before the UK gets to see just how bad it can get.
But honestly this is one of those rare occasions when I really hope -for my relatives back in the UK- that I am completely and utterly wrong...
