I think it's time for some good news (according to most recent data):
Strictly speaking, the virus isn't really airborne. Yes, the coughs and sneezes float about for a few seconds before they hit the deck, but mainly we're talking about surfaces, so you can wash it off. This is great news, because it's much easier to clean stuff you can see (e.g. cupboard tops, bathrooms, cutlery) than it is to clean stuff that's invisible (e.g. air). Technically speaking, there's no need for them to stop us going out for walks and the like, it's just that our behaviours show we don't tend to limit ourselves to simply walking. A broad-based approach (you can't go out full stop) is designed with that in mind.
While we're on air, those of us with respiratory illnesses, e.g. asthma and other conditions affecting the lungs, will benefit from the sharp drop in pollutants. In fact, everyone will, because our bodies won't be put under the strain of having to struggle to filter out these nasties.
We're less likely to die from other events that we totally accept as part of everyday life. For example, the most up-to-date information on road traffic accidents in the UK (2018) says a total of 26,610 people were killed or seriously injured that year. Well, this ain't gonna happen if we're not going anywhere is it? It's one way of freeing up ICU beds.
People don't panic forever ... some of us have mental health issues that means we do, but the general population just doesn't, their bio-psychiatric make up means they can't physically sustain it. The initial shock and sense of unpreparedness, combined with confusion around governmental response, created a certain atmosphere. It'll dissipate. Re: food, the state isn't stupid, it knows that if you leave some people with loads and even more people without much, then they'll be a lot of trouble (riots). They'll pre-empt this. We're not living in the 19th Century. Overall Britain is something like the fourth / fifth richest country in the world, both in absolute terms and GDP. Unlike others, we're in a position to 'buy our way out of it'.
China is doing well, it's opening its factories. 'Greater China' is the biggest industrial unit / producer in the whole world. This is good, because they're going to sell us the stuff we need (see above for buying our way out of it). The current resourcing problem (everything from ventilators to face masks and Calpol) is down to the fact that China was shut and that's no longer the case.
Technology - not only are a big bunch of our systems automated, so we don't need as much people power to keep everything going, it will provide us with some relief. We can connect remotely, whether that's to order a repeat prescription, our shopping, or to chat junk online. Also, the folks least likely to be affected, i.e. the young, are the ones with the most competence in this area. Plus, those Asian countries, such as China and S Korea who are now getting back up on their feet, are leaders in the tech revolution.
I think now's the time to move from project fear / project head up the ass to project resilience and hope. I, for one, am really scared. As previously mentioned, I have a third of the lung capacity of a health adult, also a repressed immune system. My adult son has a life threatening condition which requires intensive care treatment - as a disabled person, he simply won't get this.
^^ We need to take positive steps, together, as a huge community, to get through this ... and we will, get through this, with care, compassion and courage.
