The Coronavirus Diaries Isolation Day 13/14

This series of posts will be about the coronavirus situation, how it is impacting me here in Scotland and interesting gossip and opinions I'm hearing through our media. I'll be posting as and when I have something to share but I take no responsibility for the accuracy of the news I share or the medical advice and opinion that I mention.

Day 13
I went round to the shops first thing this morning, fully kitted out in mask and gloves. After insisting that healthy people don't need to wear a mask and it wouldn't help anyway, the WHO seem to be considering a change of advice as sneezes can travel further than they thought. Well, really??? Anyone who has explosive sneezes like me during an infection, or has hay fever and allergies could've told them that two metres wasn't far enough for social distancing! My masks were bought during the summer as I always do for flu season and they are good quality but breathing in them is very hard. I was almost hyperventilating with the heat inside it so I have sympathy for workers wearing that for long shifts. Bought bread, chocolate, newspapers, Lime fizzy juice, magazines, sliced ham and milk. I won't be out again until Monday probably.

The Hit Parade of Morons continues with criminals spitting and coughing on police who are arresting them. Off grid parents are refusing to pay full council tax because they can't use all the council facilities because of the lockdown. Over a quarter of Brits are refusing to isolate or use social distancing. Teenage girl attacks a security officer trying to stop her attacking a nurse with a knife. What is going on? It seems like so many people feel that this is an excuse to behave like idiots and I just don't get it. At least the person who slashed the tyres on those ambulances has been caught and hopefully is going to jail.

There are some good news stories too. A paramedic was allowed to skip a supermarket queue and was given a round of applause, then a stranger insisted on paying for his shopping. I've been amused by videos of neighbours exercising on the street to the strains of Night Fever and British boxers miming and dancing to Build me up Buttercup! The new super hospital in London was adapted in nine days and will be opened by video link by Prince Charles today. Other pop up hospitals are being adapted across the country. Companies continue to work hard to make equipment for use by medics.

2921 deaths across the UK. It's a tragedy, it really is and seeing all the numbers of deaths around the world is heartbreaking. I saw the first confirmation of people infected in my town a few days ago in the newspaper. It made my stomach flip, knowing for sure that it's here, even though I already thought. 

Day 14
Can I first ask everyone to put Mary at http://scarymarythehamsterlady.blogspot.com/ in your thoughts and prayers as she is having a really bad week with her daughter and husband both going into hospital for different things. Sending all our love your way xxx
http://scarymarythehamsterlady.blogspot.com/2020/04/life-update.html

It's really hard to tell if there is improvement in my hand. Some moments I think there is and other times I get worried about it. My dad thinks it looks better and I do still have four days of medication left, so I'm keeping everything crossed. I really don't want to have to get in touch with the doctor again. I can't believe how stupid and reckless I was at a time when everyone needs to be so sensible. *sighs*

The Hit Parade of Morons continues. Two thieves offered to clean the house of a 92 year old woman after telling her that her neighbour died of the virus and when she let them in, they robbed her. 100 people including a Labour MP flout social distancing rules and attend a funeral. He claims it is racist against Muslims with big families and plans to attend more funerals. Twat. Man punched and choked his girlfriend in an arguement over lockdown music. Bus Driver throws an NHS worker off his bus for trying to pay with a £20 note instead of the correct change, forcing her to take a taxi instead.

Numbers are getting grim in the US, numbers rising in Spain and Italy, more cases in the UK...and on it goes. From today I won't be posting a diary entry every day, now that I've done two weeks in isolation. I'll post as and when I have news of note and do some other posts too.

Stay safe everyone.