As of an hour ago the Scottish government announced that we're moving from "contain" to "delay" wrt. I'm personally in the high-risk category, being over 50 and with both type II diabetes and hypertension, so I'm self-isolating as of today. I won't be attending ConPulsion local gaming convention in Edinburgh in two weeks' time. I also expect the Eastercon in Birmingham to be cancelled, if today's COBR committee meeting in Whitehall announces a ban on public assemblies.
Looking more than two months ahead is pointless right now, but it's not looking good for this year's World Science Fiction Convention in Christchurch, New Zealand, either. Very wise. As my normal lifestyle is little different, I shan't be changing much :- But I have bought some silk gloves and am getting some portable alcohol cleanser for when I do need to go out.
No, that's just polite Scottish circumlocution: with such a recommendation in effect no insurer will touch such events with a barge-pole, so they won't be allowed to go ahead.
Moreover, "advise the cancellation" can be read either as a polite request or a warning that such events will be in violation of the law. I'm probably avoiding pubs for the duration, too: they get crowded and some of them are a bit patchy on hand-washing supplies e.
I completely understand your decisions in this situation, but does anyone know if the risks are the same for those who "have it but have it under control"? My medicated blood pressure is normal almost verging on low sometimes and blood sugar levels unmedicated on par with non-type II:s. Very little info is available for this situation and one sort of wonders how much to panic if read: when the virus hits The gig we went to last night in Cambridge is likely to be the last I buy tickets to for a while.
