It always amused me that garlic was supposed to be some sort of remedy against colds. Then we had the infamous Liqufruta with garlic. We stopped stocking it after someone dropped a bottle in the shop and we had to replace the carpet tiles. If you are going to drop a bottle of medicine on the floor, the lemon variety is much better. I always thought that if garlic stopped you getting colds, it was because no one would come within six feet of you because of the smell.
I don't understand why they don't close flights either. I have tickets to Paris. The airline refuses to refund me the money. I'm canceling my trip and I'm losing my money.
I went to London in the week. Trains are very quiet and the Tube too - just as well - more chance of staying 2m apart The office I visited has about 30 staff, 4 are self isolating so far - 3 because they recently went to Italy and one because he has a 'bit of a sniffle'. They are currently testing their systems to allow everyone to work from home if (when) it comes to that. People are taking it seriously, but trying to keep working for now.
If they close the schools, businesses will come under huge strain, including ones we all rely on - supermarkets, transport and the like. I understand why the government are delaying that decision. The schools will be shut for the Easter holidays in a few weeks anyway - I can imagine them extending that holiday if they need to by then.
I don't know if our Government are right and the others wrong - they haven't said so directly - but they have explained why they are making the choices they have. We all also have a choice - you don't have to go to large gatherings, or travel. I expect there'll be more than usual leeway for parents who take their children out of school just now. But the argument that maintaining calm routine is good for children makes sense to me - they aren't especially susceptible to the disease but they do suffer from anxiety when they are disrupted and when adults are obviously scared.
I'm not a fan of this government generally, or of Boris specifically, and I do see the irony in the people who told us quite recently that 'no one believes experts anymore' following expert advice even in the face of criticism. But I think they are doing OK at the moment.
PS I notice the typo's been corrected
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I thought the tomatoes thing was for old men’s problems. Cant bear garlic, smell or taste, but if everyone eats it’s now, I will be staying at least 2 metres from them.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
My bit of north London is deserted too. I checked a few supermarkets (out of curiosity) and yes - beans, lentials, pasta, loo roll, santiser, dettol all gone. And digestive biscuits, which I thought was interesting. Emergency English Supplies. The Hobnobs were all there. The supermarkets said the were restocking every day and had no problems with wholesale supply as yet. Superdrug too. Just that people swipe stuff off the shelves as fast as they refill them. In the butchers - no chicken or turkey but lots of lamb. They said that domestic meat supply should be fine but might get very expensive. Imports might slow.
Public health departments would be sensible to collate all the consumer logistics, supply and demand data they can get their hands on, for next time. And traffic variance, news coverage data, water and power usage etc etc. There's a huge amount to learn from all this, along with the primary health care side - nationally and globably. I suppose their resources are tied up and they are not paying attention to tracking tangential data. Phds are made of this.
We were due to go to London next week for one of our culinary trips. We decided to cancel it today, just thought the risk to me was too high. Lost quite a lot of money, but it seemed the right thing to do.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Our tickets for Cirque du soleil arrived this morning. Half an hour ago I had an email to say it had been cancelled and money would be refunded in ten days.
Apparently the Daily Fail has said that folk on my BP medication are likely to be affected badly by the virus.
No idea whether there’s any truth behind it ... the thing is I have to take the medication ... and even if there’s an alternative I suspect the demand will be so huge that the drug companies won’t be able to meet it for months.
All I can do is trust my GP , and I do ... she’s great ... but the demand on her and her colleagues will be huge.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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If they close the schools, businesses will come under huge strain, including ones we all rely on - supermarkets, transport and the like. I understand why the government are delaying that decision. The schools will be shut for the Easter holidays in a few weeks anyway - I can imagine them extending that holiday if they need to by then.
I don't know if our Government are right and the others wrong - they haven't said so directly - but they have explained why they are making the choices they have. We all also have a choice - you don't have to go to large gatherings, or travel. I expect there'll be more than usual leeway for parents who take their children out of school just now. But the argument that maintaining calm routine is good for children makes sense to me - they aren't especially susceptible to the disease but they do suffer from anxiety when they are disrupted and when adults are obviously scared.
I'm not a fan of this government generally, or of Boris specifically, and I do see the irony in the people who told us quite recently that 'no one believes experts anymore' following expert advice even in the face of criticism. But I think they are doing OK at the moment.
PS I notice the typo's been corrected
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Cant bear garlic, smell or taste, but if everyone eats it’s now, I will be staying at least 2 metres from them.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.