Second day in a row that the amount of hospitalizations has dropped as well. We're only testing healthcare workers and people with extreme symptoms though so the numbers are definitely skewed. Experts are saying it's certainly encouraging, but they expect the peak at the end of March/beginning of April so we're still bracing ourselves for what's coming. Good thing is that our ICU capacity isn't even close to fully occupied so healthcare system is conviced that they're ready for whatever comes.
A regular lockdown was initiated on March 14th and it got more strict on March 18th (last Wednesday), so tomorrow we'll be in a quite strict lockdown for about a week. Seems to me that most people, apart from the occasional dickheads, are actually following guidelines. Stores do whatever they can as well (limited amount of people are allowed inside at the same time, only electronic payments, plexi glass between costumers and personnel, ...).
I don't fear for Belgium in isolation, we'll be alright and we're equipped to handle this. However it's the aftermath which worries me - how are we going to alleviate the lockdown, how will the Dutch people living right across the border factor in, what about flights, pubs, summer festivals, ... It'll be a clusterfeck and I think we'll see the consequences of all this long after the pandemic has slowed down, unfortunately.
