Coronavirus outbreak

[randynewmanscat]

But does Carrefour still have stock of car tyres?

The local Carrefour is a diddy one in a 1.5 horse town (large village) down river and sells bugger all of note. Auchan still flog tyres, batteries, brake pads!
Norauto is like Kwikfit, they are closed and they say they are happy to come to you.
"Nos centres sont actuellement fermés mais Norauto.fr vous livre à domicile gratuitement. Prenez soin de vous et de vos proches".

 

[Sterlo]

Tesco Dover....

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....the horror....

What's the problem, have you never had salmon and fabric conditioner before?

 

[tom73]

Where are people putting all this stuff they are panic-buying? They'd need a shop-sized store to fit it all in!

If only every one had a bike or bikes one one would have the room.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Well that was an unusual shopping trip, late morning into lunchtime is usually slightly quieter in this town of 32,000. I don't have much to add to explain the photos other than they do not portray a normal scene for a Wednesday afternoon, its not a one horse town, there are five supermarkets. Apart from pasta and rice not being replenished yet there was everything else, including bog roll.
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This is about the same size as a larger Tesco Extra, around noon.
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Last 1/2 of checkouts with newly attached lexan panels to keep the snot from the operators.
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Bog and kitchen roll on promo. This aisle is the main route in, french supermarkets have one entrance, there is no dipping through the checkouts to get in, they tell you off if you try.
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Butchery counter, that's my chariot with cat litter. The bloke in front hasn't got the hang of it yet, the chevron tape is new and you know which side of it he should be on.
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Freezer cabs and yogurts/some dairy.
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Lidl. My chariot with savoury snacks, bog roll lurking on the right.
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Bog roll slightly depleted but almost normal stock.
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LBS next to Lidl, open but with rules to keep you away from each other and them.
Beautiful day mind, 20 celsius and lots of UV

Not that I'm panic buying but how much will it cost to get you to post me a 48 roll pack of bog roll. It must be at at least triple ply cushioned stuff. Standards must be maintained.

 

[tom73]

What's the problem, have you never had salmon and fabric conditioner before?

salmon with a hint of floral notes..... yum yum

 

[tom73]

Not that I'm panic buying but how much will it cost to get you to post me a 48 roll pack of bog roll. It must be at at least triple ply cushioned stuff. Standards must be maintained.

But if the royal mail do end delivery's you may have to hang on some time

 

[randynewmanscat]

Looks like the Royal Mail are considering whether to keep delivering, due to the risk to staff.

With events now going up to the end of July there's a realisation we could have 3-6 months of this.

Truly absurd I say. The life of a postman (person, whatever) is a fairly solitary one, even amongst the sorting frames at the office. I really don't see a problem protecting them from close contact. The PDA signature thing need sorting, how I do not know.
What about the thousands of checkout operators, have the supermarkets started protecting them by only allowing one person in the full length of the checkout run in?

 

[Sterlo]

Not that I'm panic buying but how much will it cost to get you to post me a 48 roll pack of bog roll. It must be at at least triple ply cushioned stuff. Standards must be maintained.

I saw a sign on an industrial estate this morning offering a 40 pack of triple ply for £15

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

But if the royal mail do end delivery's you may have to hang on some time

If they're doing end deliveries, presumably they'll arrive clean?

 

[randynewmanscat]

What's the problem, have you never had salmon and fabric conditioner before?

Jeze! Poland circa 1975.

 

[randynewmanscat]

I saw a sign on an industrial estate this morning offering a 40 pack of triple ply for £15

Seller needs a beating.

 

[marinyork]

I'm pretty sure there will be an antibody test soon. You've hit the nail on the head about the uncertainty here. It's not always obvious when someone has the infection, they might be exhibiting very mild symptoms, but still be infectious. How do we know if we've had it and recovered? I've had some of the Covid symptoms but I think it was just a winter cold. It is really difficult particularly if we have vulnerable loved ones and friends that need our support.

There's been a lot more info on this the last couple of days. There's an antibody test for if you currently have it. It appears legit and not fictitious. Or tests as many different companies claim to have developed them. It appears they are less accurate than PCR in the first 5 days of infection. That's not really a surprise.

Seems to be a possible way ahead here in the next couple of months. As the test does seem to exist I'm sure whatever problems there are can be learned from and improved. PCR is reserved for health workers or serious cases. Kits for backup and many others. There's an interesting trade off as the antibody tests are quoted as very fast, the PCR as a few hours to 24 hours. In the early stages 24 hours is very valuable. Perhaps by end of May (too late) the UK will have managed to ramp up significantly and done something like half a million PCR tests cumulatively to that date, but I would think given time that that could be dwarfed by antibody tests.

The antibody tests if PHE wrote some official app or website so people could upload antibody test results, even anonymously, that might be something very useful.

 

[Unkraut]

Tesco Dover....

I know Tesco Dover - it is what we raid on our way back from hols in England, and hardly a corner shop. You can just about keep frozen stuff frozen during the journey home. Best not to use their dirty and cheap fuel though. Diesel!

Amazing pictures. This kind of behaviour brings about the very thing that causes it in the first place - fear of shortages. If people won't discipline themselves, and if the supermarkets won't or can't either, then the govt will have to do it. And I say that as someone with an element of libertarian in their thinking.

 

[Rusty Nails]

But if the royal mail do end delivery's you may have to hang on some time

Not a problem. My local newsagent has promised to keep me his supply of unsold Daily Mails.

 

[tom73]

Can we all please remember #bekind