Coronavirus

rjdgull 

But in a reasonably considerate manner, with some thought for their fellow Devonians I assume.


Community spirit noticeably absent in our capital city.  

Shocking picture. Is that staged, AJ? Assuming not.

What would be good to see is local shops, greengrocers, butchers etc that still exist despite all that which works against them in the ‘modern marketplace’ getting used at this time.

The big supermarkets can take the strain of this and come out the other side with tidy profits in tact. But there are so many business reasons a local small operator might be damaged to the point of no return and their fresh produce future option for the consumer is gone from the vicinity. ‘Let the market decide‘ (as Flo may be screaming from across the pond on reading this) then leaves consumers and suppliers with little to no choice in an area if that takes hold.

We will be donating ours to the homeless via Sainsbury’s.

I was completely taken aback to read on the BBC website that planes, packed with people in one picture, were having to turn back to the UK halfway through flights to Spain.

Christ, what on earth were these people thinking of when the spread of the virus in Spain is one of the worst in the world? Are they really more concerned with the loss of their travel costs than with the health and welfare, not only of themselves but also of the general population? It's just as well that the airline woke up in time, as idiots like these people will soon cause a national pandemic if permitted to satisfy their own selfish needs.

As far as the National League is concerned, a couple of the managers whose teams played today have spoken out in no uncertain terms about the risk of allowing these matches to continue. The time to stop is now, irrespective of the potential financial damage. After all, I'm sure that Alpine Joe will confirm that "Uncle Clarke" will be happy to fund the players' wages for the next three months or whatever.

So let's take stock of where we are:


Every country on the planet has closed it's borders except one...us! Blind Pew would have no problem gaining access to this country...he would just follow the Coronavirus infected hordes entering here!

The Queen has left Buck House. Not even the Woodies (should anyone take offence to that rhyming slang, just say so, no need to send abusive posts) could bomb the Queen Mother out of there!

All league matches have been abandoned, so all the Coronavirus infected league teams supporters are going to watch non-league games...cough! 

Toilet paper is being horded. Why, when there are nice and fresh Dock Leaves in the fields. 

stewart 

Haha, I’m pleased to see that Stewart is in good enough spirits to play the part of wind up merchant . He's clearly well aware of my frequent warnings of the dangers of empowering Militant groups and their political allies to set the agenda .... an agenda which always ensures the increasingly large bill for their obstructive tactics lands at the door of Uncle Clarke, who then has to decide the best method to pay for it. I’ve cautioned that it’s a very dangerous game to play, and that complacency in believing that Uncle Clarke is in any way ‘happy’ with this state of affairs could provide a major shock sooner than you think.

But for the sake of our Coronavirus discussion I’m willing to accept that Stewart is correct. Correct both in his assumption that Uncle Clarke would happily see considerable further huge costs build up that have to be covered one way or another, at a very time when income will barely register as a trickle, as well as in his further point that : ‘The time to stop is now, irrespective of the potential financial damage’.


   As A Mail On Sunday columnist wrote today:






Cinemas, florists, small football clubs, Butchers and Bakers, such as the ones Rob has mentioned, will still have bills to pay. Many businesses scarcely cover those bills now, and are without Uncle Clarke levels of financial streams to call on.

If now really is the right time to stop our usual activities, and for all sections of Society to go into quarantine, not just the old, but florists, young footballers, cinema-goers etc, when will be the right time to start again ? Other than businesses closed and no jobs to go to, won’t we face the exact same situation of having a population hugely susceptible to coronavirus, and it just kicks off again straight away as soon as the first few suffers start sneezing near us ?

I’d be quite willing to accept that ‘The time to start is now’. In fact in several instances we see that decision being made by many already, irrespective of what Government may advise. But when do we then start again, and how would the situation that faces us then be any rosier ?

I think things are very much up in the air and there is doubt as to whether this game will go ahead, maybe 50/50 at present?

Self isolation of that age group is reported to still be weeks away though and transmission of this virus is said to be low risk at these events so not inconceivable that the season could finish as normal!!!! Should find out tomorrow the outcome for this game though.