My dad is 77, has severe COPD and is on oxygen 24/7. I work with young children and also have a 9yr old daughter. He is in a very at-risk category so we are choosing to stay away to minimise risk to him. He doesn't leave the house, though mum goes out at the minute to get shopping. We have told her, should lock down begin, she is to text us what she needs and my husband will literally drop it on their doorstep.
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Flattered but my first destination of choice is a beach somewhere sunny not Downing St!! I’m worried and upset by people who were blasé last week now suddenly seeming panicked. My husband was calling me ridiculous for being so obsessed and now he’s panicking about going bankrupt. Trying to be strong and positive when all I want to do is cry.
Just seen someone on Instagram saying we will run out of food here because most of our stuff comes from overseas. I'm not that educated on things like that though. Is there any truth in it?
The government and heads of supermarkets have said absolutely not. Shops are empty because everyone is buying more and all of a sudden so they can’t restock quickly enough, there are warehouses full of food and fresh is still being grown.
Maattte. So much sympathy. Nurses and doctors and other nhs employees are quite rightly getting their due appreciation right now, but seriously you and your colleagues deserve it too. You’re heroes ! For real, not being glib. If we didn’t have people to work in the supermarkets we’d be fucked. I hope it gets better soon...
Surely it can’t go on like this for much longer?
The only thing I’ve seen tit tonnes of left is Easter eggs. I think that’s the way forward a chocolate diet for the foreseeable future
I’m on an island 94 times small than the U.K. and we seem to be ok so I think you will be too x
All the supermarkets are saying there is no threat to the food supply ,only the people are panic buying and they can't stock up fast enough..Italy and China have been on lockdown and I haven't heard anyone mention they were low on food ...
Yes, supermarket workers, anyone involved in the food chain, post office people and amazon delivery drivers are all heroes too!!! And the dustbin people Without all of these people the country will grind to a halt and we need them all.
Yeah my friend works in Tesco and they just got potatoes after 4 days without. The shops empty people are telling them to check through the back for things but the back is also empty that's why I'm a bit worried about that too
My Tesco which last year was stocked to the rafters with them, and couldn't shift them, hardly has any this year. None on the seasonal section at all. I saw an old woman bulk buying Mars Bar eggs the other day when I was in there, so there are some near the entrance doors, but I've never noticed them as I'm too transfixed with getting to the fruit, veg, and fresh meat.
oh wow really! where I am there are so many piled up in all the big supermarkets
At least if you come across anyone with the virus, you'll be able to say "I'll see your Covid19 and raise you my puss filled zits.
And somewhere away from all the worrying. Yes, people should've been taking it seriously from the start. Oh no, I hope everything will be ok for you and your husband, the worry about bankruptcy due to the virus isn't good. It's good to cry, take yourself off somewhere quiet and have a cry, it makes you feel worse if you just hold it in.
My Tesco, while laughably being a "Tesco superstore", is actually a provincial small town store. It's doesn't even do Tesco home shopping. That all comes from a Tesco 25 miles away. It's gone right down hill in recent months, especially since Tesco took over Bookers. Butchery and fish counters have closed with nothing but yet more bottles of wine put in the space where the counters were. Deli counter is now self service. Instore bakery is tiny. Generally, the number of lines across product ranges has fallen through the floor.
irs tricky isnt it. im looking at it as if the over 70's etc (me being an etc) then we are staying well and wont impact on the nhs and as if i stay well i wont need their help and it can go to someone else who does need itI feel for you - and anyone with older relatives who are appearing so blasé about it all. I think until they feel the anxiety and reality of it all, theres' no amount of nagging in the world that will persuade them to stay put. However, you could always make them feel guilty by saying that they are putting the family at risk, or plain old "If you insist on going out, I have to keep my distance". Obviously its hard for them, and also us, but you need to keep yourself strong for the rest of your family, and if you are stressing about what is essentially someone having a strop because "No bloody government is going to tell me if I can go out or not" then you need to have that conversation with them
But that's my point. I went and read the study and it's all done under optimal conditions. That's why in my opinion it's fake news. This will just spread more fear.
The best bit about the whole thing is encouraging people to CLEAN. I never realised how many dirty bastards there were until this virus came and knocked on the door
i think its been said today that the scientific modelling was wrong and if we kept on that route there would be 250k deaths
Food security is an issue in the UK when there's a global shock to supply chains, however I think we'll be ok for the time being.
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