Covid-19

[OldMike]

One of my sister's neighbours said let's all come round to my house and have a party (are they not listening! we are supposed to isolate) my bro in law and sister are far too wise and said no we are isolating as per the guidelines/government requirements.

One thing that has confused me is often on the news it is said that for a lot of people the symptoms are only mild and you'll soon recover, surely it is serious or not and seeing hospitals packed with people looking really ill all over the world "IT IS SERIOUS"

[Paula]

One of my sister's neighbours said let's all come round to my house and have a party (are they not listening! we are supposed to isolate) my bro in law and sister are far too wise and said no we are isolating as per the guidelines/government requirements.

One thing that has confused me is often on the news it is said that for a lot of people the symptoms are only mild and you'll soon recover, surely it is serious or not and seeing hospitals packed with people looking really ill all over the world "IT IS SERIOUS"

For a lot of people it is a mild illness. But for far too many, it causes pneumonia and the virus fills up the lungs with scar tissue so there’s less room for air, literally suffocating them. And, of course, because it’s new, no one has immunity so many, many more people are being infected.