Has the world's gone crazy? Is #lockdown necessary? Are we all worried over nothing? Absolutely not, this thread explains why not: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/us/coronavirus-hype-overreaction-social-distancing.html

The first thing you've got to realise is that virus' grow exponentially. This video explains this really well and at the end delivers the killer line "if no one is worried, that's when you should worry"

You'll also then get why we need to #ProtectTheNHS - which is really well explained in this thread. It's US but in principle it applies everywhere. https://twitter.com/NAChristakis/status/1234815826345197568

Then there's the fact that this pandemic comes with huge emotional cost. People are dying and dying in big numbers. This is a massive human tragedy. https://twitter.com/BottoMatt/status/1250085161414332417?s=20

Then the fact that this is a new virus - no one is immune and a vaccine is a long way off. So, if we want to #FlattenTheCurve , which we have to do and #ProtectTheNHS we have no choice but to use measures like isolation, school closures, social distancing and #lockdown

Those in the know realise that we will probably need to #lockdown longer than we think and when we lift restrictions it is likely to be only temporary, they'll have to come back. This is why it's vital that we learn lessons now and learn them fast. https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1250014116116180998?s=20

Again explains why we need leadership, clear communications, etc, etc. (I need to pick this up in a thread at some stage).