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The famous supplier of plumbing, electrical and D.I.Y. stuff has removed all of its laminated catalogues that were previously on display, and some staff are wearing those sweaty black plastic gloves. Also the short pencils are no more. Also there is a one metre distance rule being enforced.


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    mapj1:

    I think if it reaches the state of having the next generation paying back loans for the next 50 years to have no-one working for this one, and indeed a rise in assaults, stress related illness, divorce and so forth due to inactivity, we have rather missed the point altogether, I hope someone is properly calculating the cost of casualties that will arise.

    Even at a million pounds a life it is looking expensive to only save half a million fatalities.




    Ever the scientist! ?


    I think that was the approach which HMG was taking - balance the lives saved against the social and financial costs.


    Italy seems to be on the way to tens of thousands of deaths based upon the graphs to date. Nothing can stop that.


    Some traffic on the roads this evening when I went for my run. Where were all these people going to? Were the journeys "necessary"?


    Mrs P is old, I am full of youthful vigour but mildly asthmatic - we are isolating as far as possible.


    Against all that, some folk have to work and I expect to be at work on Tuesday. The aim is to provide (ASAP) telephone conferencing or some means of working at home. Not ideal, but probably feasible.


    Unfortunately, there are limitations. Yes, sparks (like clinicians) probably could give advice by 'phone or on line (with or without customers' photographs). E.g. leave such and circuit off and make do with another one. So what if you have to boil a kettle upstairs! But at other times, attendance will be necessary, which is why sparks are "key workers".

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    mapj1:

    I think if it reaches the state of having the next generation paying back loans for the next 50 years to have no-one working for this one, and indeed a rise in assaults, stress related illness, divorce and so forth due to inactivity, we have rather missed the point altogether, I hope someone is properly calculating the cost of casualties that will arise.

    Even at a million pounds a life it is looking expensive to only save half a million fatalities.




    Ever the scientist! ?


    I think that was the approach which HMG was taking - balance the lives saved against the social and financial costs.


    Italy seems to be on the way to tens of thousands of deaths based upon the graphs to date. Nothing can stop that.


    Some traffic on the roads this evening when I went for my run. Where were all these people going to? Were the journeys "necessary"?


    Mrs P is old, I am full of youthful vigour but mildly asthmatic - we are isolating as far as possible.


    Against all that, some folk have to work and I expect to be at work on Tuesday. The aim is to provide (ASAP) telephone conferencing or some means of working at home. Not ideal, but probably feasible.


    Unfortunately, there are limitations. Yes, sparks (like clinicians) probably could give advice by 'phone or on line (with or without customers' photographs). E.g. leave such and circuit off and make do with another one. So what if you have to boil a kettle upstairs! But at other times, attendance will be necessary, which is why sparks are "key workers".

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