Its...not so good here and I think its going to go bad. Europe's doing bad.
Italy went on lockdown yesterday. You dont leave your area, need a travel permit to do so. Been a bit of a wake-up call for a few people. Italy is a few hours away on a plane and we there for skiing holidays and weekend breaks. It's a developed, European country. Just like us. China is...over there, miles away from us.
Denmark is going to lockdown tomorrow. Another developed, rich European country a few hours away. France, Germany and Spain are supposedly not managing. Lot of places have issued travel bans for the French, Germans and Spanish. One of those three will be the next to lockdown I think.
We're not managing it. You can fly back from Italy and nobody will stop you. No checks, no quarantine, not even a temperature check. You can actually walk back in without speaking to a human. Arrive, scan passport, walk back into the country and leave the airport. And hope that they self-qurantine. The actual advise we have gotten (and I am being serious) is wash your hands and sing happy birthday. Twice
Also currently have people panic buying and stockpiling. Never seen anything like this, next to impossible to buy quite a few things. Spent the last few days trying to buy toliet paper because everyones been panic buying toliet paper. Seriously. Entire store has been picked clean like this. This is the store in my town. Its absolutley insane.
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I'm willing to bet, UK will be in lockdown by the end of this month.