Sat in my car yesterday and watched people passing each other on the street in Northern Ireland. Some were keeping a safe distance from each other but quite a few others others stopped, held lengthy conversations close up, one pair shook hands twice before parting.
Groups of teenagers & young adult males in threes and fours within inches of each other, walking along without a care in the world! Couples and families taking up most of the room on the pavement leaving little or no room for others to pass safely. No social distancing whatsoever
They are all going to get a huge shock over the next 3-4 weeks as the numbers infected rises sharply to an expected worse case scenario of between 13,000-15,000 eventual deaths in Northern Ireland alone from Coronavirus & 9,000 if we behave responsibly. That’s 6,000 lives saved!
We have a chance, but a very small window to limit the fatalities from this dreadful disease if we stop behaving as if this is just another flue doing the rounds. It is clearly not & much more contagious! So please stop being so bloody stupid, selfish & unbelievably shortsighted
Think social distance at ALL times and that unfortunately includes both the young and old, friends, couples 2 metres apart. I make no apologies for saying this, it us a matter between life and death for those you infect many if whom will be your friends, family, parents etc.
I don’t think any teenagers would fancy spending weeks in a hospital bed on oxygen supply because that is precisely what will happen to significant numbers of you. If healthy, you most likely won’t die but you will regret your foolishness and realise that you are taking up beds
These are beds that are needed for the most vulnerable and the young with underlying health problems so do us a favour stop being a silly Pratt and start thinking about protecting your friends and family. Anything else is not only not cool but fucking stupid and dangerous!!!!👍
To all those young people that ARE doing the right thing -total respect for playing your part in keeping yourself and others safe!!👏👏
@threadreaderapp please #unwrap
