COVID - general discussion - Temp Locked

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The same mileage for me and just for shopping. Yesterday was different as I drove 40 miles each way (into England) to care for my grandsons for, probably, half an hour and then drove a 5 mile circular trip from the local infirmary via a chip shop to a local flash to at and watch the ducks and geese.

Common sense obviously varies as we have seen so many times. Far better that there is a reasoned definition. During a previous lockdown in Wales 5 mile radius was stated. Discretion was also given for those living in the sticks to do shopping. 

Maybe folk are different in my area of Wales then. I did visit Leigh Asda yesterday and everybody I saw was masked. I notice that, unlike in Wales, the asda there sold 'non-essential goods. 

I have only seen the odd person not waring a mask since the rule was introduced.

In the last hour i have been to Boots for the Flu vaccine and there was a woman at the pharmacy counter without a mask but she was waring a lanyard with a notice saying she was medically exempt and hearing her breathing i can understand why. I just stayed about 4m away for both our protection.

I see that Matt Hancock has said that we can make the present levels the peak of the epidemic. Not for hospitalisations we cannot. The seeds are already sown for an increase in hospital beds needed over the next 2 weeks as those infected and requiring hospitalisation lag about 13 days after diagnosis if they require treatment

Some people become ill very quickly ET, I think the proportion of those testing positive  can be used as a general indicator of future entries to hospital.

I believe that the biggest hit after diagnosis for hospitalisation after an early diagnosis track and trace and rapid test, is about 13 days. Whatever though Brue there are many more inevitably in the pipeline.

☹️😡 Just reading background information about the private company that is providing the free meals to children in poverty, after Marcus Rashford’s campaign. It doesn’t make good reading. It does beg the question of just how low this country can get in terms of misuse of public funds, mismanagement of contracting, ensuring standards are met. Very very sad. 

I looked at a couple of photos of what was in two different parcels. One, with some basic cooking skills would have made a child five days worth of tasty, variety and filling but healthy meals. The other photo, just beggared belief honestly. Hard to think of a single meal beyond a jacket potato with a square of processed cheese. Disgraceful really.

You were in our neck of the woods then ET. Car park at the Flash can get busy. We park behind the hotel (near Morrison’s) and walk on the path under the by-pass - comes out by the side of the golf course. It’s much quieter there so maybe useful to you on your next visit.

Hope everyone is managing with shopping OK during this latest lockdown.  We've done our very first Asda home delivery - ever, in order to avoid the shops.  It all seemed to go well, so I've booked another slot for next week and one for the week after.  I wonder if Covid will change some of our habits permanently?

David