What are people telling their elderly relatives?

[Sir C]

Me ma is pushing 80 and works in a school and me da (mid 70s) still gets the tube into town every day for a public facing job.

They are both at the "this is all silly and I'm going to carry on as normal" stage. Should I be forcefully telling them not to go to work for a few weeks, which is very likely to be the Government advice in the next week or two anyway for high risk age groups?

If I were you I'd be encouraging them to stay in. As forcefully as you can.

It seems sensible that (relatively) young 'uns who have a low mortality rate keep calm and carry on, whilst the more elderly who have a higher mortality rate take sensible precautions.