So, I have been in direct contact (incl shaking hands) with several Italian people. One of whom had returned from Rome for a day, had a meeting with me, and returned to Rome after the country was locked down.
One person I work with, while the above was all happening, was self isolating because he'd recently returned from Northern Italy just before the lock down.
One of the early cases in the UK, was a guy in a hotel about 3 mins walk from my office, and my commute takes me past the complex where British Wohan holiday makers were/are being "stored."
I figure my degrees of separation is effectively 0, and could only be worse if I were a doctor on the front line.
I'm completely fine. We haven't panic bought a thing.
The wife however, has had a headache for 3 days, and a sore throat for at least two. I feel her forehead about 12000 times an hour - the second she's slightly warm, we'll be on self isolation as a precaution. She's a high school teacher, so it's likely just a random bug she's picked up from the kids. But if she shows a temperature or a cough, it's not worth the risk of her spreading it.
I was hoping last Friday that our government would tell everyone to stay home, partly because it's my last week with that employer, but partly because it saves us having to make the judgement call.
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