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A sort of Nature Notes thread, perhaps?
What have you spotted in your community?
- one of the vets at our practice in Andover is in self-isolation following a visit to parents in
N. Italy.
- Also students at granddaughter's school, following holiday trips.
- assistants in local chemist wearing masks today, and people looking nervously at each other and trying to spread out in the queue, instead of chatting away as normal.
- I got out more cash than usual - I seldom use cash nowadays but if the supply chain dries up and the computers go down maybe cash is a better bet than cards.
- and I filled up the tank in the car, same reason.
So this is a mild dose of flu for most people, and so far has killed a far lower percentage of people than normal seasonal flu, and as with normal flu mainly those who are vulnerable anyway for health and age reasons. Is it sensible to be worried, except about the consequences of mass panic causing social breakdown?
What have you spotted in your community?
- one of the vets at our practice in Andover is in self-isolation following a visit to parents in
N. Italy.
- Also students at granddaughter's school, following holiday trips.
- assistants in local chemist wearing masks today, and people looking nervously at each other and trying to spread out in the queue, instead of chatting away as normal.
- I got out more cash than usual - I seldom use cash nowadays but if the supply chain dries up and the computers go down maybe cash is a better bet than cards.
- and I filled up the tank in the car, same reason.
So this is a mild dose of flu for most people, and so far has killed a far lower percentage of people than normal seasonal flu, and as with normal flu mainly those who are vulnerable anyway for health and age reasons. Is it sensible to be worried, except about the consequences of mass panic causing social breakdown?