Coronavirus / COVID-19

[Pannonian]

Yup, right down to the fresh veg now.

I'm predicting government rationing in the coming weeks.

On the other hand, wandering around Sainsbury's I did see tinned tomatoes, so maybe they're starting to get a grip of it.

I want to say this can't last much longer but my impression is that the panic is spreading, so the first lot of idiots stock up, then the next lot of slightly less selfish idiots panic at the empty shelves, and so on and so on.

Remember what I said about supply chains?

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Remember what I said about supply chains?

Truthfully, not specifically. This isn't a supply-side problem, though, it's a demand-side one.

[Pannonian]

Truthfully, not specifically. This isn't a supply-side problem, though, it's a demand-side one.

Exactly. We are seeing these problems because consumers are anticipating shortages and buying in bulk, and the intact supply chain, still operating as normal, hasn't been able to cope. The problem has been at the consumer end. What do you think will happen when that supply chain gets broken?

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Exactly. We are seeing these problems because consumers are anticipating shortages and buying in bulk, and the intact supply chain, still operating as normal, hasn't been able to cope. The problem has been at the consumer end. What do you think will happen when that supply chain gets broken?

Demand is currently 10x what it normally is - do you think supply will drop to 1/10?

[Pannonian]

Demand is currently 10x what it normally is - do you think supply will drop to 1/10?

5% from our biggest trading partner, according to the rules. Approx. 30,000 journeys per year currently, 1500 passes as a non-EU partner going by other non-member partners. What do you think the exercises and plans to turn the Dover-London route into a giant customs post were? When I quoted the experts on this issue, I was pooh-poohed as obviously things won't get that bad. We've now seen a taster of what it's going to be like, except the supply-side hasn't yet been shrunk. The supply-side is working normally, and we're already seeing empty shelves.

Let's have a referendum instructing the government to solve the Coronavirus problem. I'm sure the Will of the People will be a mandate that will solves all problems.

[Montmorency]

You can never pile on too much.

[ReluctantSamurai]

What I want to know is who the 8 dead-beats who voted against the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Those idiots need to be drawn and quartered....

Am I the only one who begins and ends the day with the morbid ritual of reviewing the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Interactive World Map?

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

On the subject of harm reduction and utilitarian economic crisis management over the long haul: Hospitals across the country will overflow in about a month.

Here in the States, we are trending about 10 days behind the Italians. At our current pace, confirmed cases are doubling every 5 days, although some of the new reports are undoubtedly due to the increasing number of tests being conducted.