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I wonder, in a year or two when the outcome of all this is known or can be better predicted, which countries will come out of it having weathered the economic storms the best. I bet the UK won't be in the group that does well.

Today went better than yesterday. The AA fixed our car (needed a new battery - with modern batteries you get no warning of failure), so no heavy lifting of shopping bags today. And the good news is we managed to find soap! Yippee! It was a kind I would normally never buy, but beggars can't be...

Mr Pye and I hit an unexpected snag today when venturing out to try and find food. The car wouldn't start. :mad: So, the walk we planned to do never happened because we were forced to walk to our local big Tesco to get what we could and carry it home. It isn't a long way away if all I am going...

I'm running low on food - my husband and I have never been people who kept enormous amounts of food and other household supplies in stock because we don't have much storage space. Are we going to be forced to go out several times a day to every supermarket and small shop in the area, exposing...

Just out of curiosity, does standard epilepsy treatment help the cat?

My emphasis : I wonder where the psychological aspect is in, for example, suffering from appendicitis? The only place I can imagine psychology getting involved is after surgery and discovering that the diagnosis was wrong, or being diagnosed so late that sepsis sets in. The psychological...

My parents approach to illness in their children involved finding two things - visible symptoms and a raised temperature. If these didn't both exist then the child was lying.

I'm only guessing, but if the shelves are largely empty and Tesco doesn't have much to sell then keeping an entire staff employed and a large shop open may be a waste of money for them.

I did read yesterday that many Tesco shops that are currently open 24 hours a day are actually going to start closing at 10pm and opening at 6am or 7am so that staff can re-stock overnight. One of the problems I have is that my storage space is very limited, so even if I wanted to stockpile...

Article from Malcolm Kendrick's blog that may be of interest... Article continues : https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2020/03/18/coronavirus-covid-19/

This is just for interest - I'm definitely NOT recommending this, so please don't try it at home! In people who are otherwise healthy but have a fever drinking plenty of water can reduce the fever. I wonder if cutting back on liquid intake would create a higher fever in someone who was ill? My...

A very good video presentation, easy to understand, and I found it useful. Please note that towards the end the presenter stops talking but there is more info to read beyond that point. I was particularly taken with the information on cholesterol.

I'm from the UK. I say PEM as a word, I don't spell it out.

Merged thread Article continues here : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/926682

With the talk of banishing people aged 70+ to stay in their own homes for four months I actually wonder what the score will be at the end of that time when comparing the numbers who starved to death and those who died of coronavirus.

My addition to the above three criteria : Whether the concept is useful to patients is of no interest or relevance to anyone so don't worry about it It is important to remember that being able to pull the wool over patients' eyes is an integral and vital part of the naming process

I was in Lidl today, around 6pm, and it was the most packed I've ever seen it. I wondered what the logic of that was in relation to the virus issue, and I still haven't worked it out.

For finding a gas bottle supplier this link might help : https://www.calor.co.uk/gas-bottles/retailers Camping shops may be a good source. It is also possible that some coal and/or log merchants may also sell gas bottles. And also possibly petrol stations.

Years ago my husband and I had a three bar fire which ran off a large calor gas bottle. We just used it as an extra source of heat on top of the central heating because our house was very poorly insulated at the time. What took us by surprise was the upfront cost of buying the first gas...

An interesting article dated 31/01/2020 about the US response to coronavirus : https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump-united-states-public-health-emergency-response/ And another one which mentions test kits ...