My kind friends in Hong Kong read on social media that shelves went empty in UK supermarkets and asked if it's their turn to ship health supplies over.
So I took stock this morning. I still have 47 surgical masks (which went out of stock in major pharmacies here.. a month ago?). I intend to reserve them for higher-risk situations, eg on a plane or when worst comes to worst. That should hopefully last a month or two.
Hand gels are locally made here in the UK. When they last ran out in late Jan, most pharmacies managed to restock in a week or two. Boots even did a buy-2-get-1-free sale on them. I have 2 medium bottles and hopefully that should last till stock returns to normal.
I also checked out my local Sainsburys this morning and found it pretty well stocked. BBC did report supermarket shelves going empty in the West Country due to good old British "wintry conditions". My heart is with people there.
As usual, too much context is lost in translation. This applies to both Far Eastern news as reported in Western outlets, and the other way round as well.
As a precaution to any short term supply disruption I'd start maintaining a stock of non-perishable necessities at 2-4 weeks' usual run rate. For now most if not all can be sourced here in the UK locally.
Stay safe & healthy, my friends
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So I took stock this morning. I still have 47 surgical masks (which went out of stock in major pharmacies here.. a month ago?). I intend to reserve them for higher-risk situations, eg on a plane or when worst comes to worst. That should hopefully last a month or two.
Hand gels are locally made here in the UK. When they last ran out in late Jan, most pharmacies managed to restock in a week or two. Boots even did a buy-2-get-1-free sale on them. I have 2 medium bottles and hopefully that should last till stock returns to normal.
I also checked out my local Sainsburys this morning and found it pretty well stocked. BBC did report supermarket shelves going empty in the West Country due to good old British "wintry conditions". My heart is with people there.
As usual, too much context is lost in translation. This applies to both Far Eastern news as reported in Western outlets, and the other way round as well.
As a precaution to any short term supply disruption I'd start maintaining a stock of non-perishable necessities at 2-4 weeks' usual run rate. For now most if not all can be sourced here in the UK locally.
Stay safe & healthy, my friends
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| Well-stocked Sainsbury's in Stratford Centre, morning of 4 March 2020. Hopefully this will last... |
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