JUST ANOTHER UPDATE, BUT A BIT QUICKER THIS TIME
Tuesday, 14th April 2020
So, 23 days have gone by since my last post. We and the country are still in total lockdown. Only essential services are open - supermarket, chemist, post office and hospitals etc. Only permitted out for food and medicines and one hour's exercise (per day).
As of this morning, 93,873 people in the U.K. have tested positive for coronavirus (was 6,650 23 days ago) and 12,107 have died (was 335 back in March). [The death toll in Scotland is currently 615 and is included in the total deaths figure mentioned]. All quite frightening.
We couldn't have stopped the pandemic, but we should have been much better prepared and started the planning etc. much quicker than we did. This Tory government has made a total mess of this crisis, which has also not been helped by the fact that the NHS was stripped of much funding during the previous 10 years of austerity, which the Tories thought would be a good idea and which in fact has come back to bite them in the arse. So, weeks after we were told that Personal Protective Equipment was to be provided to all NHS staff to help in the fight against this virus, we find that much of the frontline services of doctors and nurses have little or no protection when treating patients.
The financial help which has gone out to businesses and employees is enormous and was much needed, and totals hundreds of billions of pounds. However, many businesses have already gone to the wall and unemployment is expected to hit 10% before long. It's going to be a long way back!
The lockdown will probably last into May (at least) which means Janet will pretty much be stuck in the house, apart from going out for a brief walk when the weather is good. As there is no golf allowed just now, my main exercise is going to the Chemist for Janet's regular prescriptions and irregular visits to the supermarket - and you need to queue to get into both of these establishments, ensuring you remain at least two metres away from anyone else.
We have a couple of supermarket deliveries to the house on order, but trying to get a delivery slot with any supermarket is very difficult and it's just luck if there is an available slot when you log in. Some supermarkets seem to be fully booked for weeks and weeks!
That's about it. My two daughters, Gemma and Julie, were due to come up and stay with us 10 days ago and my son, Gordon was due up this week for a few days. All cancelled of course with no-one really allowed out of their home and most people (including my kids) are encouraged to work from home.
I don't see much change in the coming weeks but will come back to this blog early May, hopefully.
Good afternoon and good luck.
So, 23 days have gone by since my last post. We and the country are still in total lockdown. Only essential services are open - supermarket, chemist, post office and hospitals etc. Only permitted out for food and medicines and one hour's exercise (per day).
As of this morning, 93,873 people in the U.K. have tested positive for coronavirus (was 6,650 23 days ago) and 12,107 have died (was 335 back in March). [The death toll in Scotland is currently 615 and is included in the total deaths figure mentioned]. All quite frightening.
We couldn't have stopped the pandemic, but we should have been much better prepared and started the planning etc. much quicker than we did. This Tory government has made a total mess of this crisis, which has also not been helped by the fact that the NHS was stripped of much funding during the previous 10 years of austerity, which the Tories thought would be a good idea and which in fact has come back to bite them in the arse. So, weeks after we were told that Personal Protective Equipment was to be provided to all NHS staff to help in the fight against this virus, we find that much of the frontline services of doctors and nurses have little or no protection when treating patients.
The financial help which has gone out to businesses and employees is enormous and was much needed, and totals hundreds of billions of pounds. However, many businesses have already gone to the wall and unemployment is expected to hit 10% before long. It's going to be a long way back!
The lockdown will probably last into May (at least) which means Janet will pretty much be stuck in the house, apart from going out for a brief walk when the weather is good. As there is no golf allowed just now, my main exercise is going to the Chemist for Janet's regular prescriptions and irregular visits to the supermarket - and you need to queue to get into both of these establishments, ensuring you remain at least two metres away from anyone else.
We have a couple of supermarket deliveries to the house on order, but trying to get a delivery slot with any supermarket is very difficult and it's just luck if there is an available slot when you log in. Some supermarkets seem to be fully booked for weeks and weeks!
That's about it. My two daughters, Gemma and Julie, were due to come up and stay with us 10 days ago and my son, Gordon was due up this week for a few days. All cancelled of course with no-one really allowed out of their home and most people (including my kids) are encouraged to work from home.
I don't see much change in the coming weeks but will come back to this blog early May, hopefully.
Good afternoon and good luck.
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