Ditto. Our local shop is two miles away and was well stocked as well.  The owner and his team are having to work incredibly hard to cope with the jump in demand and he's had a few volunteers to help out.

There's been a queue outside whenever I've been there in the last week or so - it's also the newsagent and post office.

 

We're being choosy about which supermarket to use. We have a choice of four within 15 minutes.

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No! Just stocking up on butter and milk. And my wife was demanding chocolate

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Yup we will be clapping although the only one who will hear will be our daughter , the community midwife who lives across the yard.

That's not what they were saying in Jan and Feb, plus (and unlike us) they were releasing their hospital admissions stats. Plenty of our scientists have also said that their Chinese colleagues have done an amazing job in communicating what has been happening  in China.

You should let aside your antipathy for them, their politics and their propaganda can and is a different matter. China could get back to normal with satellites picking up pollution again and some people here could still be swimming in cynicism and bigotry. 

Yes very good Red flares and all alike Bromfield Hospital must see that from here 

 

Just went out and clapped for the carers. They have my undying gratitude. I will never forget what so many people are doing 

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That was one of the most remarkable things I have ever experienced. A wave of clamping through the whole of Stratford. So proud of everyone in the NHS

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It was quite emotional to hear the applause resounding from all directions for the NHS staff.

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An enormous show of support for NHS staff just now. People banging pans with wooden spoons, fireworks and everything!

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It was wonderful and emotional. Lots of clapping, cheering and a few fireworks, too! Brilliant show of nationwide solidarity and support for our NHS.

 

I am actually moved to tears. One of the most amazing things of my lifetime.

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  Same here bonkers like ww2 has ended so many diamonds they deserve it

 

 

What is it with you and China?

This is not about the Chinese people, but their odious government. Clearly, the first instinct was to cover up what was taking place, then to put in place extraordinary levels of invasion of liberty and freedom, levels of surveillance which we know will not be relaxed once this is over.

If anybody thinks the stats out of China are credible (80K infected and 3.2k dead), they must be credulous to an astonishing degree.

 

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My comment was tongue in cheek; maybe I should have added an emoticon.

But the reality is that they are indulging in propaganda about the source of SARS-Cov-2 and it's unnecessary and worryingly indicative of their unchanged mindset.

I don't care what they have achieved; it was their bureaucratic, corrupt, system packed with incompetent officials that set this pandemic in motion. They should not be allowed to forget that; ever.  Bad enough that SARS originated there 20 years ago; to happen again and not to have learned is unforgivable.

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A very heart warming minute. Everyone on our street stood at their gates clapping. We could hear noise all around with everyone routing for the NHS and carers!  Then we all shouted good night to each other!  Amazing show of gratitude, respect and solidarity!  

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Ontario reports largest single day rise

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-19-coronavirus-thursday-new-cases-1.5510534

858 cases 15 deaths. Really difficult to know what to make of this given the testing backlog and changing criteria. But on the face of it, it's not good.

Govt. also saying it's going to enforce the 14 day isolation rule for returning international travellers. Good, but too late IMO - it's been widely ignored in the last week.

 

Meanwhile rumours that US troops may shortly be posted at our border, which unsurprisingly has delighted Ottawa

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-trump-border-coronavirus-1.5510853

Trump clearly feels that 1812 is unfinished business

 

Good to hear about the support for NHS staff in the UK

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There was loads of clapping and cheering here too. Even a few fireworks went off. Very, very moving.

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I was so pleasantly surprised, it really was wonderful and our street and area is normally very quiet. To see and hear the appreciation for our NHS workers was wonderful and very emotional.

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I'm actually surprised with how many done it. I thought it would just be one or two people stood at their doors, but in fact the vast majority of the people in my area came out and clapped.

Very well done to the people in the NHS.

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Yes indeed. The Chinese may have a megalomaniac leader (and I can think of one or two not dissimilar in the west) and a political system that seems an anathema to us. However, they did publish papers like like this warning us the dangers - but we chose to ignore them.

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Thought this may be worth a read,

https://www.accuweather.com/en/health-wellness/higher-temperatures-affect-survival-of-new-coronavirus-pathologist-says/700800?fbclid=IwAR2ZtNh2K2iqgDnAdmo6UWf24j2fPGSb9Tya19s1pOyfoVbFXoXGz4s-TXc.

Dear Brian,

Is it possible to make links open in new windows as a default, please?

Thanks. 

Don’t tell me they’re still out working?!

 

Sadly I missed the applause due to dealing with a fractious 2-year-old at bedtime. Didn’t hear anything so not sure of the neighbours participated or not!

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Ditto here in Chichester...immensely moving and powerful, all the more so given the incredible peace and quiet leading up to 8pm...it reminded me a bit of my childhood when in London, on Remembrance Sunday, there was peace and silence until the guns were fired at 11.00am which you could hear 10 plus miles away...it was so quiet here until the ripple of applause that built to a crescendo with banging saucepans and whistles.....

BTW, the date of article is 13 March, so Admin, please feel free to delete it.