"Let's all agree to hunker down at home as much as possible, wash our hands religiously, avoid crowded spaces, stop hoarding medical equipment, and ask that our government be proactive with testing and truthful and transparent about the numbers. And let's do all of the above without calling any of it "panic." At this point, it's not panic, but practicality."
I would not actually refer to what is happening but a disturbing account by an Italian doctor of what it is actually like in an Italian hospital taken over by this virus made me think. The truth of the matter is they don't have the necessary equipment to treat all the people coming into hospital, it turns into chaos and overworked and tired brave doctors and nurses cannot keep up with the demand. If the same should happen here, our hospitals won't cope either.
So lets pray we all act sensibly and stop flitting around demanding our rights and foolishly stocking up on loo paper.
Me I shall buy enough food for my little animal community, and still shop at the Co-op on a weekly basis who are all taking it quite sanguinely.
Spring flowers are coming up as they should, storms come and go. Also strangely enough there are a lot of spiders coming out of the woodwork, at least a two inch one gave me a scare in the loo this morning. Also been watching one of those TED lectures on longevity, not that I want to live for a long time. But apparently there is a 'Blue Zone longevity' one in Sardinia, another in the Japanese island of Okinawa. It seems a mostly plant based diet and moving around naturally, also being social - not difficult at all!
Do love those little gold laced primroses.
Hunkering down at home here. Stocked up - but not hoarded - on the essentials (but then being 10 miles from the shops we always have a good storecupboard anyway). I can't see us doing any Fairs this side of late summer . . . We will also be growing a lot more veg this year - I have Tam to help with the digging, which is good! Plus a new polytunnel (the sort you take down over winter).
ReplyDeleteWell at the moment, Lucy is hiding under my desk as I write, trembling about the window cleaner, as the mysterious brush appears at all the windows. The only thing I worried about was yeast, having run out but found some. Get organic flour from the organic shop, which being expensive will probably not see a run on stuff. Also ran out of first world coffee filters but Karen said you can get them on Ebay which I did, though having to faff around with passwords was awkward. Is Tam staying with you now, it is lovely to have a daughter at home.
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My sentiments exactly Thelma - hand washing, shopping locally and in one go each week. I am going to my exercise class today and also out to lunch but shall be careful and wash hands thoroughly. I thought those lacy flowers (which I love too) were auriculas but maybe they are in the primrose family.
ReplyDeleteAuricula primulas is probably a fair compromise! They also proliferate which is good. Going to get out my rigid heddle loom and warp this afternoon.
DeleteDuring The Great Austerity, the Tories made sure there was no slack anywhere. This has been apparent in NHS hospitals for the past ten winters and yet Tony Hancock is saying that the NHS is well-prepared for the impending crisis. Doh? How can that be?
ReplyDeleteP.S. Because our hot water comes from a tank in the attic we have to drain off a gallon or two of cold water before the hot water arrives so regular washing in hot water would cause the local reservoir to empty quite rapidly. I will stick with cold water. Please don't report me.
The Great Austerity. Definitely has a ring to it, wretched Tory philosophy, but if you wait long enough they will come a cropper. It is startling that when a thunderbolt drops from the sky, eg. a virus with no cure, that blonde bombshell hides, wonder what Cummings will pull out the bag, got a horrible feeling I already know ;)
DeleteAs for water, same here, running of the cold water to get to the hot but you have to admit we are not exactly running out of water at the moment.
Despite these very tense times, flowers bloom and trees bud. I have started my seeds and and am planning a smaller and more manageable garden this year.
ReplyDeleteI don’t think any government is prepared for a pandemic. I am following all the recommendations, but unless you completely withdraw from life and live in a bunker, you are vulnerable. I don’t worry too much about myself as I have lived my life, but I do fear for my loved ones.
You are always a ray of sunshine, and getting old does at least let us leave life with grace in the face of disasters, but like most people, to go gently in the night without waking up would be the preferred option.
ReplyDeleteIf I got out I buy what I normally buy. I have a substantial stock pile because we are in hurricane areas and you always needs things that are important if you loose electricty. This is a little different, but I am afraid most of the people in my county are VERY cavalier about this whole thing in America. I also saw the sad video that the doctor posted.
ReplyDeleteThink the problem is whether to act immediately, or to leave it to the future. China seemed to have managed it, how our two countries fare is another matter.
DeleteI don't remember what I intended to say. I am amused that your live traffic feeds shows me being in Oxford, Ohio. If my state were a square, as it practically is, Oxford and I are on diagonally opposite corners. I hope my cell pings a better tower in the event of an emergency.
ReplyDeleteNot sure that I really need that live feed Joanne, as it only shows a small sample anyway. Forgetting what you are about to say a common problem sadly, we need to exercise the brain of course. My email predicts what I am going to say in ghost letters, when you come to think about it that is really scary, when the computer takes over and starts writing!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your wonderful post and the comments. On this blustery cold afternoon they have been like a ray of sunshine.
ReplyDeleteI too like the ring of The Great Austerity and yes it was a wretched philosophy. I see this time is over now we are back to the the Great Spend which of course will make everything alright again. Not. I fear my pocket is not the right type to be lined.
Well thank you for that praise, though it is hardly deserving of it. But read the link from Tom Degan about the state of society, not sure what to think of it.
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