HertsRacer

Strange, our local Tesco was the quietest I've seen it in ages, car park about a third full. The wife popped into Lidls and said there were only about ten people in there.

Just heard on the news of a group of youths who started spitting and coughing at police who were trying to disperse them. What kind of sick society do we live in?

Well it says cycle, does'n't say how powered.

You are allowed to do that.

Anybody know what time. Lock down or one last warning for people to do as they are told?

Yes the 46 is the figure for England.

Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland announce their figures in the morning, while England do it late afternoon, so you won't get a true UK figure till then.

Today's new cases not completely reported yet. Big fall yesterday, hopefully not just a blip.

There were 4 from each of Scotland and Wales which were reported earlier.

Another interesting fact re Italy and their high Covid 19 rate, is that the average age of the first 3200 deaths was 78.5, with the majority having at least one existing health problem.

Thank you. Have to admit I don't even remember there being a flu pandemic .

Sorry, can't get the sound to work. What's he saying?

Not sure of the details to be honest, just that he recovered from home.

Yes, someone who had it and has recovered. The 5018 is the figure confirmed through testing. With many self isolating, like the person I know, not being recorded it is thought if you put a 0 at the end of the recorded figure you would be closer to the true number of cases.

Can't comment on Spain, but a large percentage of cases in Italy are from one region, Lombardy. It is already been said that there are more older people in the country. Also Italian families are more closely linked than many other countries, ie they spend more time together, therefore the virus is easily transmitted.

Indeed. Just done the same at a farm shop.. Had everything we needed. Not many people there. A bit more pricey, but worth it. Also plenty of sanitiisers and gloves to wear while doing your shopplng.

Could'n't post me a couple of spoonfuls could you.

No coffee in our local supermarket. Shelves picked clean.

To further highlight people's panic and lack of compassion, I was told that some are actually going out and buying additional freezers so they could hoard even more.

No. Every man for themselves mentality. Sod the rest.

There were police outside our local Sainsbury's today ensuring only the elderly or those at risk could get it during their allotted time slot.

There seems to be historical trends for flu figures and an understanding of peeks and troughs for the illness. No such records exist for Covid 19. Nobody knows when the peek will occur. Reading today that the doctors expect the situation in Italy to get much worse in the coming weeks, but nobody knows.

I do agree. The problem is knowing what to believe. There are people who post knowingly false information on social media which gets picked up on and is believed to be true when it isn't.

Sitting in front of my computer doing more research on my Family Tree.