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Sainsburys just sent me an email where they said that NHS workers would have dedicated time for shopping... just before the dedicated time for elderly and at-risk people (07:30-8:00, and 8:00-9:00 respectively).

While intent is fantastic, that sounds very dangerous. @sainsburys
We have to face the very sad truth that NHS staff will be more at risk of having contracted the coronavirusthan the population at large, especially as the pandemic progresses. So their slot needs to be as far away from the at-risk group's slot as humanly possible!
Solution might be for supermarkets to have a back door into the Click-and-Collect system that people with verified NHS IDs can access. That would let them "jump the queue" so that packers race to fulfill their orders. NHS workers stay in their cars in the carpark, wait for stuff.
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FYI, some of the stores & other high street businesses closed for now:

John Lewis, Waterstones, Primark, Kurt Geiger, New Look, Zara, Topshop, Topman, Dorothy Perkins, Burton, Wallis, Miss Selfridge, Evans, Calvin Klein, Disney Store, HMV, Timpson, McDonalds, Nandos, ...
The Body Shop, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Michael Kors, Oasis, Lego, Abercrombie & Fitch, Monsoon, Liberty London, the British Heart Foundation, Clarks, Ikea, TK Maxx, Apple, Selfridges, Fenwick, Calvin Klein, Sweaty Betty, Boden, Oxfam, H&M Group, River Island, Gap and Reiss.
NOTE: when it comes to the shops, most maintain an active online presence, so you can still buy stuff over the web if you want and have it delivered. Only their physical stores are closed.
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Only *99* days left until the deadline to extend the Brexit transition period!

While attention is rightly focused on the coronavirus crisis, we shouldn't let Brexit slip past, forcing a cliff-edge scenario on businesses at the end of 2020, just when they're trying to recover...
We've already left the EU. But that doesn't mean rushing straight over the cliff-edge of no deal Brexit.

We can get a 2-year extension to the transition period (maximum allowed) just by asking for it.

Why not do so, and concentrate on beating the virus for the next 12 months?
The whole world is going into economic meltdown. Why set ourselves up for a scenario in which we are the least desirable country in Europe to do business in if there's the option of postponing things a bit instead? Otherwise companies will flee the UK first when they cut back.
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Robert Jendrick is talking about the 1.5 million most vulnerable people. He says the NHS will be contacting them, urging them "to stay inside for a period of a minimum 12 weeks".
RJ: "Others in the household will not be required to adopt these shielding measures. However they must follow social distancing measures."
RJ: "Medicines will be delivered by local pharmacies. Groceries will be delivered by local councils and community workers."
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