"I wonder though - why is the government preparing for far worse, especially with the recent roping in of private hospitals to ramp up capacity? Perhaps they are being too conservative - or perhaps, they know something the rest of us don't."
Limited testing of community transmission showing exponential rise with no known links would surely be of some concern to those promoting a flattening of the curve. I would submit that by this time next week we may see what impact the addition of C-4 explosives would have on this curve, supplemented of course with full lock-down measures
