Social distancing, self-isolation, school closures, public life entirely shut down. Does the reaction to coronavirus / COVID-19 seem a bit extreme? What about the economic impact? This video is for those unsure about whether we're embarking on the right course of action. A point I would've liked to have made clearer is that the economic downside of social distancing is considerable and has been considered when forming advice, but bear in mind the economic impact of unchecked viral spread - it would be incomparably worse. Coronavirus playlist:    • Medlife Crisis on COVID-19   ----------------- More Medlife Crisis: http://www.medlifecrisis.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/medcrisis https://www.facebook.com/Medlifecrisis https://www.instagram.com/medcrisis References: David Spiegelhalter's excellent risk explanation: https://medium.com/wintoncentre/how-much-normal-risk-does-covid-represent-4539118e1196 The Imperial document: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf The guy who makes the FT graphics: https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch The FT graphics: https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest John Ioannidis's piece: https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-fiasco-in-the-making-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-takes-hold-we-are-making-decisions-without-reliable-data/ Marc Lipsitch's response: https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/18/we-know-enough-now-to-act-decisively-against-covid-19/ Hida Bastian's response: http://hildabastian.net/index.php/8-secondary/88 David Katz's piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/opinion/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing.html A damning indictment of the British response: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2005755?query=RP Excellent further reading (and where I got 'hammer' from): https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56