General Coronavirus (COVID-19) chat

[Dandred]

South Korean supermarkets.

 

[fishfinger]

South Korean supermarkets.
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So it's the South Koreans who've been stockpiling all our toilet paper!

 

[Supine]

I think that if possible anyone who was planning to spend tonight somewhere else from where they’d like to be locked down in should probably just go to their bunker instead. Rumours are going round that something may come into force tomorrow.

I'm 230 Miles away from home

 

[bimble]

I'm 230 Miles away from home

Sorry for adding to the panic! I really am . I think it’s just London first. And that there will be announcement today.

 

[gentlegreen]

In Brittany they're getting annoyed at wealthy Parisians retreating to their second homes.
But even the locals aren't allowed on the beach...

Finistère. Coronavirus : des promeneurs verbalisés sur les plages

Mardi 17 mars, à la suite des annonces du président de la République pour lutter contre le Covid-19, les gendarmes ont observé « une très grande fréquentation des plages finistériennes ». Or, ces balades sur la plage ou activités nautiques n’entrent pas dans le champ des exceptions au...

www.ouest-france.fr

 

[gentlegreen]

It seems you are allowed to walk the dog or go for a bike ride in France, but you have to sign a document.

Covid-19 : Déplacements internationaux

mobile.interieur.gouv.fr

 

[gentlegreen]

Or perhaps not ..

[Coronavirus] La Ministre des Sports le précise, le cyclisme interdit en extérieur

Suite, ou plutôt précision suite à mon article d'hier qui indiquait que le confinement impliquait de ne plus sortir faire du vélo. Promis, les prochains articles seront orientés

www.matosvelo.fr

 

[bimble]

i enjoyed this little snippet about Italy gentlegreen . The dogs are tired but helping.

 

[MrCurry]

Not a great idea if dogs can pass the infection between people bimble. Not sure if that is the case.

 

[bimble]

I thought that one of the bits of good news recently was that dogs cant get it?

 

[Badgers]

I thought that one of the bits of good news recently was that dogs cant get it?

I think they can transmit it from their fur. Only if touching an infected person. Or something an infected person has touched. Or another dog that has been in contact.

Probably fine

 

[Marty1]

Brixton. Stripped clean by panic buying vultures, FFS

In photos: Sainsbury’s Brixton Superstore picked clean by panic buyers, 18th March 2020

This is the depressing sight of Sainsbury’s Brixton Superstore, with rows and rows of shelves left completely empty after panic buying shoppers grabbed everything in sight.

www.brixtonbuzz.com

Looks desperate.

How London's supermarkets have become the frontline of the coronavirus — Evening Standard

“If you want loo roll, come and queue at 4.30am for our opening at 5am.” This was the advice of the store manager at a Tesco Extra superstore in north London yesterday morning as anxious customers came to load up on essential items — and left empty-handed.

apple.news

My gf bought some essentials for her brother who is self quarantining as he is high risk with asthma- drove an hour to his house yesterday with pasta, loo rolls, milk etc - left them in his shed for him to collect after she left.

 

[killer b]

I must say I find some of the panic buying going on in London a bit scary. It epitomises the everyone for themself mentality.

It's difficult to know what else people are supposed to do - there's an expectation that at any moment we need to be prepared to stay indoors for 14 days: lots of people - if they're anything like me - have small kitchens and not a lot of storage space, and have typically only food for a few days in at any one time. Millions of people having to increase their stocks of food from 2-3 to 14 days is inevitably going to cause problems with supply chains - but what else would you have them do?

 

[Steel Icarus]

I want to see pictures of shelves of food people haven't panic bought in shops where the pasta, crap-wrap etc has been locusted

 

[magneze]

There's lots of mushrooms. Which is great, I really like mushrooms.

 

[killer b]

There's no risotto rice in my local supermarket, which is annoying. plenty of paella rice though - is there much difference?

 

[kebabking]

My neighbour reports that at Sainsbury's the panic buyers have left all the fresh salmon and cleared all the meat. Bramley apples aren't popular either, but Bananas are.

I had scrambled egg and smoked salmon on toast for breakfast. And excellent it was too...

 

[bimble]

I want to see pictures of shelves of food people haven't panic bought in shops where the pasta, crap-wrap etc has been locusted

My sister this morning sent me lots f photos of totally empty shelves and then this, said it was the only thing left in the tinned section.

 

[platinumsage]

It's difficult to know what else people are supposed to do - there's an expectation that at any moment we need to be prepared to stay indoors for 14 days: lots of people - if they're anything like me - have small kitchens and not a lot of storage space, and have typically only food for a few days in at any one time. Millions of people having to increase their stocks of food from 2-3 to 14 days is inevitably going to cause problems with supply chains - but what else would you have them do?

Add to that simply buying food for meals that would otherwise have been had at restaurants or at work. Also all the toilet roll used in closed workplaces that will now have to be purchased from supermarkets.

 

[Marty1]

It's difficult to know what else people are supposed to do - there's an expectation that at any moment we need to be prepared to stay indoors for 14 days: lots of people - if they're anything like me - have small kitchens and not a lot of storage space, and have typically only food for a few days in at any one time. Millions of people having to increase their stocks of food from 2-3 to 14 days is inevitably going to cause problems with supply chains - but what else would you have them do?

When the supermarkets run dry, McDonalds and Greggs will save us.

 

[Marty1]

This morning, the massive car park delivery drivers wait at till they get the group text to head to Amazon depot is absolutely rammed - understandable I guess as this car park is surrounded by a Lidl, Greggs, The food warehouse (Iceland), Home Bargins and a McDonalds.

 

[planetgeli]

Panic over. Postman just shoved my weed through the letterbox. SD, signed for. Except he didn’t bother waiting for my signature.

 

[killer b]

Add to that simply buying food for meals that would otherwise have been had at restaurants or at work. Also all the toilet roll used in closed workplaces that will now have to be purchased from supermarkets.

Yeah, absolutely - it's a total reorganisation of the way we shop, eat and live and everyone is having to do it at the same time under extreme pressure. I think we should give each other a break.

 

[Teaboy]

Supermarkets round my way (SW London) are baron mess for most items. Perishables such as fruit and veg are reasonably easy to come by and then the local convenience stores are a gold mine for non-perishables. Basically any shop without a car park. Its an opportunity to get creative in the kitchen for sure.

 

[treelover]

It's difficult to know what else people are supposed to do - there's an expectation that at any moment we need to be prepared to stay indoors for 14 days: lots of people - if they're anything like me - have small kitchens and not a lot of storage space, and have typically only food for a few days in at any one time. Millions of people having to increase their stocks of food from 2-3 to 14 days is inevitably going to cause problems with supply chains - but what else would you have them do?

yes, but many are pushing in on the new one hour for elderly and vulnerable shopping period in shops.

 

[killer b]

yes, but many are pushing in on the new one hour for elderly and vulnerable shopping period in shops.

Is it actually 'many' though, or is it one or two pricks being amplified by pitchfork social media?

 

[editor]

Millions of people having to increase their stocks of food from 2-3 to 14 days is inevitably going to cause problems with supply chains - but what else would you have them do?

Not selfishly buying a year's supply of pasta and toilet paper, leaving none for others would be a start.

 

[gentlegreen]

Weirdly I was spotted the other day by the guy I did the Bordeaux exchange with 45 years ago - I'd been quietly "stalking" him on Facebook.
He's on the road to the country from Paris and we're going to Skype later ... it'll be interesting to get the French perspective.

I'd better get familiar with his music ...

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[killer b]

Not selfishly buying a year's supply of pasta and toilet paper, leaving none for others would be a start.

is that what's happening? How much pasta is a year's supply?

 

[Cid]

There's no risotto rice in my local supermarket, which is annoying. plenty of paella rice though - is there much difference?

Not much, no.