@purserhallard @julietk same here – para gone, ibu fine! Seems dumb, as ibuprofen is way more effective generally. Paracetamol is basically a placebo.

Evidence the UK might be under-reporting, alas. twitter.com/Samfr/status/1…

RT @jasonvanschoor: From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy:
1/ ‘I feel the pressure…

Pleased to see @RoryStewartUK has the balls to come out and say these things too. @MattHancock is suffering from ostrich syndrome. twitter.com/chapmanbookman…

Obviously there are major economic consequences of doing all that – but they would be better than plummeting into chaos, and hospitals reaching overcapacity sooner. It’s not panic – it’s rational planning for extreme circumstances.

If Boris Johnson really wants to be a new Churchill here’s what he should be doing this Friday: close schools; stop events >1000 people; prepare the army to build field hospitals. It’s just numbers. We’re 12 days behind Italy. Current growth rate is predictable. Foresight is all.

@amateuradam Actually, it’s us in 12 days. But the point holds.

RT @nntaleb: If the word “panic” means “exaggerated” reaction, could be so at the individual level but NOT at the collective one.
We MUST…

RT @katenashagent: The brass necking of the @LondonBookFair organisers going ahead with the London Book Fair with so many publishers pullin…