I had promised myself not to post on GN as my Lenten penance (or your Lenten treat) but I can no longer sit on my hands in the face of the mounting hysteria and panic re Coronavirus.
No, OP this is nothing like Eyam (which I think we all know about)
This is not the Black Death, this is not the Middle Ages with no proper medical care, information or communications.
So no, not in the same league at all and for those who have genuine health issues, it is not helpful to employ comparisons with plague or plague villages.
This virus should not be underestimated but we need to retain a sense of proportion.
Are you /we aware of the impact of flu in England each year? Not what many people call flu or man flu, in other words a severe cold, but actual full fat flu
In the face of the rising hysteria, panic buying and prognostications that ‘we are all doomed” we should be observing basic hand washing, keeping away from those with symptoms, avoiding spreading our own symptoms etc anyway.
Just to remind anybody who does not know the stats for flu in England alone.
Flu and complications associated with it cause 8,000 deaths on average a year in England. Around 6,000 of these are people with heart and lung disease