This Coronavirus is really showing our human race up for\nwhat it is. Maggie Thatcher\u2019s policy of \u2018me first\u2019 has well and truly matured.\nIt is not a pretty sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to the UK parliaments lack of leadership and over\nreporting by media of scare stories from other countries, some people have\nshown their true colours. Yes, they may be panicked but that is still no excuse\nfor the way they are behaving. Last night I read a comment on social media that\na woman was buying gluten free products because the shelves were empty of the\nnormal product. When challenged she said the coeliacs could go eat vegetables\nand rice as she needed food. Why could she not go get vegetables and rice and\nleave the gluten free for those who need it? This morning I read a post that a\nyoung mum could not get gluten free food for her son as the shelves had been\ncleared. She had to ask the doctor if she could get an early prescription for\nbread, pasta etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Given that our predecessors lived through the war on a\nweekly ration of food that some gannets could devour in one day, I think we all\nneed to take a look at ourselves. I think the chef and the greengrocer from\nthat tv programme could be doing with going into a lot of our kitchens and\ntelling us what we don\u2019t need to be in there. Some people are having to do\nwithout and there is no need. Most of the big supermarkets do home delivery and\nwill continue to do so through this period. Community groups are offering to\nfetch shopping, medicines etc for those who cannot go out. Small cafes and\nrestaurants are offering to deliver cooked meals. Many of us are keeping an eye\non our neighbours. You may have to go without a favourite snack but you will\nnot starve!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is going to happen inevitably, if this goes on for many\nweeks, is that some small businesses will fold. We have a huge amount of eating\nplaces that just will not get the footfall as people are working from home and\nwe are being advised not to gather in numbers. Some may be able to survive by\ndelivering meals to homes if the demand is there, but some are just not going\nto make it as overheads are huge. What the UK government is offering in help\nseems to be a loan to keep staff paid but this will have to be paid back\nfurther down the line. If the profit is not coming in, this will make it just\ntoo hard to find the money to pay back the loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, as we are advised not to gather in large numbers,\na large number of privileged older people are gathering in the Lords at\nWestminster and costing us a fortune. They should all be self isolating at home\nand sharing the pain with everyone else.\n\nStay well, stay safe and please try and be nice\nduring all this upset.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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