Just Saying...

Just a few thoughts on the coronavirus situation that we face at the moment. We've just had Matt Hancock the Health Secretary suggest that people over 70 self-isolate. I'm guessing that's in addition to the ones that are already self-isolated due to the austerity cuts the Conservatives imposed on them.

Then we have Richard Branson asking for a £7.5bn taxpayer handout for the airline industry. Private companies once again expecting the taxpayer to fund their losses with our money, how about f*** you and take the hit yourself. You keep the profits and you avoid paying the tax so don't come to us for a handout. You can't have it both ways.

Then we get to the panic buyers. I have never seen anything as selfish as what I am seeing right now. People panic buying toilet paper, pasta, flour, cleaning supplies etc. Supermarket shelves stripped of basic essentials, depriving the people who need it the most from getting the supplies they need.

We have people complaining about disrupted holiday plans. Complaints about flights being cancelled, complaints about hotels being cancelled etc. How about this for an idea why don't you just contact the airlines, contact the hotel and rebook your holiday to later in the year. It's not that difficult some airlines are offering free flight changes or refunds online without even speaking to anyone. Hotels that have no obligation to honour non-refundable bookings are offering to reschedule bookings. It's just a holiday.

However, the coronavirus has also brought out the best in people. People helping each other, shops donating supplies to the elderly and infirm, neighbours looking out for those who more vulnerable than ourselves. Retired health service workers coming back to volunteer, offering their services for free. So let's be positive as well.

The coronavirus is spreading fast and needs to be contained, so let's just chill out a bit and think about those who have lost loved ones during this outbreak and stop being so selfish.

This unwelcome disruption to our day-to-day life won't last forever and hopefully, everything will soon be back to normal, whatever that is...

Andy