A new 'non-movement movement' which aims to stop the coronavirus in its tracks has been started online.
The StayTheF***Home manifesto encourages everyone to stay at home, avoid going out if at all possible and put an end to any human contact that isn't entirely necessary.
Started by a Frankfurt-based software engineer, staythef***home.com features a 12-point manifesto that is written in 12 languages and encourages people not to leave their home unless 'absolutely necessary'.
Florian Reifschneider, 29, says he has been following the coronavirus outbreak since its inception and created the website with his girlfriend, Allie Hunts, last weekend.
The website has already been viewed by one million people across the world and shared numerous times on Twitter.
It comes as 820 people in the UK were confirmed to have the virus and 11 have died from it.
Mr Reifschneider said: 'After the outbreak in Italy and the rising numbers of infected people in other European countries and the US, I got really frustrated at the almost negligent reaction that most governments had shown up to that point.
'In Germany the government was still discussing if they should allow people to attend soccer matches and other big events and a large number of people are still convinced this new virus is just like the flu.
'We realised that hoping for the governments to preemptively implement measures that could actually slow the spread of the disease was a lost cause.'
In his office, handshakes and high-fives were banned and then two weeks ago, and employees are forced to work from home.
He and Ms Hunts are now quarantining themselves in their Frankfurt apartment.
Mr Reifschneider said that he called the movement StayTheF***Home because the secret to reaching people is 'having a catchy name and calling yourself a movement'.
He added: 'Or in our case, actually deciding to stop moving around; we are a movement of non-movement after all.'
Mr Reifschneider, who spends half of the year living in Florida, said he is planning on expanding the website with more information and resources on how to fight Covid-19.
He said: 'Our goal is to reach as many people as possible with this in order to actually leave a mark, but honestly, if we can keep one person from getting infected or even better, infecting someone more vulnerable to this disease, it has already been worth our time creating this.'
This article has been adapted from its original source.
