Coronavirus and Supermarkets

Oh indeed and I've now limited drastically how much I follow news. I've tried to follow things from many different angles to get varied view, but after while it start affecting one's moods....to much negativity around and too little efforts to see lighter/positive side of the issues.
So now I only read bare basics without too much opinion to go with it and try to keep myself in my own happy bubble until life 'outside' start normalizing again. I can't do anything if the world goes mad! .....or maybe it is me that has gone mad???!!

 

But isn't it a fact that Boris and his government I.e advisors have cocked it up. Sticks out like a sore thumb to me , I will give him credit for now on sticking with the top metre rule , how long for I just don't know

 

Ah has he stuck to 2 metres then? I don't catch much news! I think 1 metre is too close to stand and talk or be near someone with or without the virus mind, me and my grumpy dogs quite like social distancing and now we don't get stared at for obviously avoiding everyone and their dogs, people even smile at me now, instead of looking offended!!(presuming @lurcherman you meant two metres not 'top' metres?)

 

I have to say the level of debate on Dog Forum is much better and saner and more civilized than you get on any TV channel, newspaper or the House of Commons! (All of which I'm having to ration or go ). My OH is a scientist who has taught Health Physics and Occupational Health for decades. I can't let him near the Daily Briefings any more. We walk the dogs while it's on. And I have no political axe to grind because I believe a government of another persuasion may have done just as badly. But the waste in lives and resources is tragic.

 

Yes flobo two metres hehe by government advise the two metres is still inforce, but many people not abidding to that ,

 

As a discussion - working without the benefit of 20/20 hindsight - what would each of us have done if we'd been in charge?

 

Put every resource available into Test- Track- Trace from early Feb. We had the data from South Korea and Taiwan for those who don't believe the Chinese data. And it would've been cheap. In fact a paper in The Lancet in January made good points that should have been taken seriously back then. It was more a case of not wanting to know than not knowing. I think a lot of people in power and some scientists put their heads under the bedclothes.

 

What would we have done you ask? Well that's why we have a government isn't it? For them to handle these problems with all there advisors and experts , thing is they had some time but sat on there butts waiting, so anyone who died of this virus may well ask from upstairs "" why did we wait? Luckily my friends stepdad who spent nearly 6 weeks in hospital with corona survived

 

First off lockdown,this country hasn't been in lockdown,it couldn't handle it. You could go shopping when you wanted,go out and take daily exercise.take dogs out for walks,go cycling for 4 or 5 hour. Nothing like other countries where lockdown ment lockdown you didn't go out,but we still moaned.
The UK had disaster written all over it, a small country vastly over populated compared to other countries.

 

Good points Judy and rinky .

 

The virus is growing bigger in the states no thanks to trump, and the black lives matter protesting so as we the uk has also protested its only going to be a big surge here with two metre rules relaxed and pubs and cafes reopening , Merry xmas everyone, it may be a bad one, oh and the the crazy youngsters who have been flouting every rule since March who haven’t helped one bit.

 

I've had to resort to pinching 5he clippers and have a go at mine myself.

Could be worse, I can rock the asymmetric look.

 

Thankfully I have an old style kinda feather cut, so it's a number 4 all over apart from a few long bits round the edges.. So out came the dog clippers and I finally mastered the art of clippering my own hair, front and back in a mirror!! Which is no mean feat when I have no sense of direction looking in a mirror! Gonna save me a £9 visit to the barbers every few weeks now too...(well when they open again!)

 

I’ve been cutting my own hair since I was 15 many years ago , I like it short , keeps me cool I’m the summer but the hat comes out for winter ,