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| Sunday Telegraph 22.03.20 |
Such is the state of affairs regarding the dangers we face from the spread of Coronavirus over the next few weeks, the Blogger almost decided to cancel regular reports in 67goingon50.
Things that really got 67goingon50 down:
- people so lax about self-distancing, so uncaring about the potential to spread the disease to others, that threats regarding 'further measures' to restrict us to home are necessary
- shocking scenes - if not staged - of sustained violence in a Havant supermarket
- people blatantly stealing items from shoppers' supermarket trolleys and refusing to honour NHS and 'oldies' hours. Worse still, the behaviour, even if in the minority, is not a surprise
- the Sunday Times claiming Dominic Cummings 'didn't care if pensioners die' on the basis of two verbal but otherwise UNSUBSTANTIATED reports. This is a paper and a journalist the Blogger normally trusts.
- a group of doctors accusing the government of using them as 'cannon fodder'
- sniping from some commentators, groups and politicians about government decisions which are somehow 'not enough'...ever.
Things that gave 67goingon50 reason to hope
- the Prime Minister's address to the nation allowed us to continue to exercise in parks, though only once a day and strictly maintaining a 2-metre distance. The police - not the army - are to monitor.
- the PM says the situation will be reviewed in three weeks; that sounds hopeful to me
- media focus on the recent deaths of of a 19 and 41 year-old; the message is getting through that 'it's not just the oldies dying in this pandemic and it's not just those with underlying health conditions'
- WHO (World Health Organisation) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says Bojo & team following right course action for the UK
- Germany says rates of infection seem to be flattening; Italy reports number of new cases and deaths down for second day in a row
- Engineers at GTech - who normally make vacuums - reckon they can now produce 100 ventilators a day; design must be passed by relevant govt. agency
- producers of gin & other alcohols now producing hand sanitisers
- some supermarket employ security guards to enforce NHS/oldies shopping hours
- multiple supermarkets are advertising thousands of jobs, which should help the self-employed; the jobs are being advertised free in the Spectator
- telly news has cottoned on to simple punchy visuals showing how and why coronavirus spreads so quickly. Explanations since the start of the crisis have become more simple and effective. (See@C4Dispatches·
- It's Spring! And the parks look magnificent!
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