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🧻 Remember when shoppers rushed out to panic-buy loo roll in early spring, clearing the supermarket shelves in near-apocalyptic scenes?
That was just silly, wasn’t it? Except, fast forward to now, and history threatens to repeat itself 🤦
~a thread👇
telegraph.co.uk/family/life/ps…
That was just silly, wasn’t it? Except, fast forward to now, and history threatens to repeat itself 🤦
~a thread👇
telegraph.co.uk/family/life/ps…
Have we learnt any lessons from last time? Well, some of us have. Some of us scoffed at the stockpilers last time around; then we arrived at the shops to find them stripped bare of essentials.
The joke, it seemed, was on us. #stockpiling #Lockdown2
The joke, it seemed, was on us. #stockpiling #Lockdown2
It turns out, irrationally collecting resources is a mechanism to deal with uncertainty.
When we’re scared, we react emotionally, and without the cool, calm logic that might help us realise a 16-pack of Andrex won’t save us #stockpiling
telegraph.co.uk/family/life/ps…
When we’re scared, we react emotionally, and without the cool, calm logic that might help us realise a 16-pack of Andrex won’t save us #stockpiling
telegraph.co.uk/family/life/ps…
THIS picture of an elderly man in an Epsom supermarket this week mol.im/a/8126263 via @MailOnline....
Professionally and personally I find it harrowing.
You find yourself creating a narrative ...
<thread> #coronavirus #stockpiling #panicbuyinguk 1/10
Professionally and personally I find it harrowing.
You find yourself creating a narrative ...
<thread> #coronavirus #stockpiling #panicbuyinguk 1/10
I don't know this man. I don't know his situation. But I recognise the posture. It's defeated.
As if staring at the list will generate some semblance of order as to what item to look for next. Which is likely to be a futile search in 🇬🇧 #supermarkets at the moment 2/
As if staring at the list will generate some semblance of order as to what item to look for next. Which is likely to be a futile search in 🇬🇧 #supermarkets at the moment 2/
The #Supermarkets #panicbuying may have you feeling clever as you hoover up newly refilled stock to brag about later🙄
But next time, spare a thought for that elderly person. Perhaps someone with early #dementia whose routine of a little shop is now a nightmare + NO DINNER 3/
But next time, spare a thought for that elderly person. Perhaps someone with early #dementia whose routine of a little shop is now a nightmare + NO DINNER 3/
BREAKING:
Netherlands Cannabis Coffeeshops RE-OPEN
The NL Govt has reversed yesterday's shut down to allow take-out sales (off-sales) - but not consumption on premises.
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Netherlands Cannabis Coffeeshops RE-OPEN
The NL Govt has reversed yesterday's shut down to allow take-out sales (off-sales) - but not consumption on premises.
nos.nl/l/2327298
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The change of heart follows a letter to the NL Cabinet from a group of Mayors concerned about the impact of the 3 week mandatory shutdown on street crime & illegal dealing
Minutes after the announcement yesterday long queues had formed outside Coffeeshops
#stockpiling
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Minutes after the announcement yesterday long queues had formed outside Coffeeshops
#stockpiling
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Widely shared mobile footage showed Amsterdam's famously entrepreneurial whatsapp cannabis dealers giving out their numbers to the people in the coffeeshop queues.
The market wouldn't disappear. It would simply move into a completely unregulated space
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The market wouldn't disappear. It would simply move into a completely unregulated space
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1/ It's all scaremongering isn't it about #brexit and #drugs? Stockpiling, price hikes, and, as @MattHancock warns, dead patients. Well, here's the lowdown and it's not pretty. With or without #softbrexit.
A thread
A thread
2/ Patients with long-term conditions such as #diabetes, #asthma or #schizophrenia, #blood pressure, #heart problems or #cancer down to daily medicines for #rashes and skin problems, take for granted that they will be able to get their medicines when they need them.
3/ According the UK's Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Committee publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cm…
73 per cent of pharmaceutical imports in the UK come from the EU. This equates to around 37 million packets of medicines every month from the EU worth £18.3 billion.
Committee publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cm…
73 per cent of pharmaceutical imports in the UK come from the EU. This equates to around 37 million packets of medicines every month from the EU worth £18.3 billion.
Let's talk about #stockpiling food. I am a Computer Scientist, not a medical doctor, so bear that in mind when reading everything that follows. Why stockpile? May be you are a Remainer worried about a cliff-edge Brexit, maybe you are a Brexieier, worried about sovereignty? /1
If a supermarket chain loses its computers, say through loss of electricity, it will be bankrupt in about 24 hours. It is predicted cliff-edge Brexit will cause food shortages starting some time around three days to two weeks. Loss of food can happen very fast! /2
Remainer or Brexiteer, you make the UK more resilient if you stockpile food sensibly. But how to do it? Start now by stockpiling the most long lasting foods, later add shorter shelf-life foods, and use your stockpile continuously as a buffer - that way it stays fresh! /3
