With the paucity of accurate information, making meaningful decisions is the stuff of nightmares. Some reports say a person can be infectious up to 10 days before exhibiting symptoms, some say the virus is viable on certain surfaces for up to 3 days.
Some experts say the UK situation is perhaps two or three weeks behind Italy.
Kids are a source of infection both in and out of school. The infection is out there so reducing the rate of spread is the only game in town.
Any government facing this crisis will encounter accusations of too little too late. Other experts say "act too soon and you will simply cry wolf and be ignored".
This is a very different situation to sitting in a bunker trying to dodge a direct hit. It will rely on self policing to an extent and those worthy of a Darwin award will ignore all advice and be a potential risk to themselves and others. How do you deal with that?

A pandemic
A market crash
an oil price collapse
A perfect storm.(all sorts of bad news can be safely buried)


and a minor concern. How resilient will the internet be with all these people working from home?