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So, we keep being advised to wash our hands frequently with "soap", but what exactly is considered "soap" when it comes to being able to kill Covid-19? - bar soap? - liquid soap? - shower gel? - body wash? - bubble bath? - various facial cleansing products of different types? - washing-up...

Oh really? They weren't a few days ago when I tried, so it's good to know the situation has changed. (I got a flyer in with a weekend supplement or summat - an introductory 10 meals and 2 single-portion wines offer for under £20 - code HB53)

Experience suggests that "site:ft.com Wessely" should do it :)

My guess, from reading the odd supermarket website and gov.uk, is that it's primarily only the people who are deemed extremely vulnerable, not just vulnerable, who are getting the main support. As the "extremely vulnerable" ones include the ones with the respiratory conditions, people...

Just a bit of a warning here: in my limited experience ("inherited" tabletop freezer from local council when they discontinued freezer meals), tabletop freezers may not be as effective at keeping home-frozen food frozen as "proper" freezers (especially things like bread and veg, but possibly...

Hmm, yes. Of course, Great Britain is an island too, as is the island of Ireland. Logically, it ought to be possible to do it here too, albeit rather more complicated owing to the much larger population.

The GP in the family said that wearing a mask prevents other people from getting infected by her, but does virtually nothing to protect her against contamination from them.

As I heard it, that was more of a "we will get to a stage when ^ happens", rather than it had already happened.

@Wonko, I can't currently find the place where you mentioned having to top up your key for the electric meter, or whatever it is nowadays, but there was a mention in my newspaper today that if you're on a prepayment meter you can nominate another person to do the top-ups for you.

That's about what I've been having to do. It's wearing, and I'm not ill :( Would local churches, voluntary groups etc. be any use? I've found the smaller convenience shops have tended to be better bets, but it sounds as though you've tried them unsuccessfully already.

And I hear on the news tonight that an 18-year-old has just died :(

Listen to this A&E doctor on the threat posed by Covid-19 (WARNING: It's very long, but the most important bit is early on) And please get the message out there: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0877mb2 In a matter of weeks, we risk a situation where there may be 8 patients needing each...

Good old LSHTM :)

Oops, no, definitely not! And anyway, how much protection would a knitted balaclava be? Not much, I'd guess, given the size of the stitches.

No, but my pharmacy was selling some sort of salt inhaler, I think it was, (does that make sense?) which was supposedly good for allergies and so on.

I wasn't thinking about the current situation, but more generally. You're saying they're not useful generally either?

Wish I'd known more about all these supplements: this is just the sort of thing you don't tend to hear about on the NHS.

Some notes from the Klimas video, in the hope that it will help you be selective if you can't listen to it all. NB: I don't guarantee that any of this is 100% right - it was just what I was trying to type as she spoke. (EDIT: Also read what people have said about the contents below :( ) From...

Excellent - thank you so much.

This is why I get increasingly concerned at the suggestion we should move onto solely electricity for our power and heating needs ...