I went to bed _furious_ yesterday.<p>My friend from Italy sent me an SMS at midnight saying "have you heard from the UK???" (where I live). No, was my answer and I had a quick look on The Guardian.<p>"Boris Johnson announces 80% of Brits will contract the disease, half a million (500,000) will die in UK only."<p>That sounds absolutely scary, I read the article and that's the worst case scenario resulting from yesterday's COBRA meeting.<p>So, I'm furious at:<p>- My friend for creating an unnecessary panic, I thought there was another terror attack.<p>- The Guardian for taking the worst scenario information and passing it as if it were the current stage of the pandemic as of 12 March.<p>- Boris Johnson for announcing such numbers. There's no cure YET, but wait a bloody minute before talking about half a million deaths.<p>I'm done with the COVID-19 news. I'll catch up with the research, but I'm going to avoid any discussion from friends, TV, news, Reddit and even HN. I guess I still am furious.