[nomadking]

Originally Posted by jfman

A country of a billion people I'm sure they must gather in some way.

China and Italy did reach severe points yes, although not intentionally.

People won't mess with the Chinese authorities - you've raised an interesting point. The UK isn't equipped to enforce such a situation - look at the London riots for instance. Amplify that and what do you have?

However the UK public services being unable to enforce such a situation doesn't mean that a quarantine isn't the most effective way to manage it. Simply that we're a nation of fools who think we know better.

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Boom boom!

I used a similar line with the Scottish Greens yesterday.

They went far further than banning large gatherings. Areas of China were locked down for nearly 2 months.

At 2am on 23 January 2020, authorities issued a notice informing residents of Wuhan that from 10am, all public transport, including buses, railways, flights, and ferry services would be suspended. The Wuhan Airport, the Wuhan railway station, and the Wuhan metro were all closed. The residents of Wuhan were also not allowed to leave the city without permission from the authorities.

On 2 February 2020, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, implemented a 7-day restriction where each household was only allowed to have one person leave their home for provisions every two days. This was the first lockdown outside of the Hubei province. 46 of the 54 highway exits in Wenzhou were also closed, effectively placing the city of about 9 million in a semi-lockdown.

Try doing and enforcing that in this country. People can't even be bothered or disciplined enough to not go out if they are coughing and spluttering all over the place. Even if that coughing and spluttering is due to "routine" coughs and colds, they could still be acquiring and transmitting this virus as well.



The peak in the UK might not happen for another 3 months. Are people going to remain disciplined for that length of time?


You only have to look at what happens at weekends and school holidays to see that schoolkids would be milling around with everybody else, including the elderly.