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While the Barclays hide away... This was published 08/04/2020: PM’s newspaper accused of ‘sick joke’ over free deal to NHS staff Boris Johnson’s old pals at the Telegraph have been widely mocked, after the right-wing paper offered a free subscription to NHS staff…shortly after a star columnist...

Maybe that is better than steam ironing? Maybe not? Certainly I don't know but it is sometimes tiny things like informing us which techniques are sensible, and which are not, that could make a disproportionately large difference.

Agreed: Labour is calling for the publication of daily figures showing how many people have died with coronavirus in care homes. This is from Liz Kendall, the shadow minister for social care. The increase in Covid-19 deaths in care homes is extremely worrying, but the true picture will...

I was surprised to see disposable masks being handed out at stations (can't remember now which European country) last night on the news. I'd have thought the rational approach would be re-usable masks such as some of the cotton ones? Partner has made several. Especially if it can be confirmed...

I suspect holiday weekend issues, but are the figures wrong (or, to be fair, delayed) or the number of tests done dismal? In Wales on 11/04, tests slumped to just 80. 586 on 10/04, 922 on 09/04, 939 on 08/04 (which had been the highest achieved so far). I know the Cardiff drive-through test...

Are DT's mental and intellectual problems contagious? The US is nearing the peak of its outbreak, according to the director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Redfield, who told NBC: “You’ll know when you’re at the peak when the next day is actually less than the day...

Hmm, weasel words? Possibly more obvious here: A total of 11,329 patients have died in UK hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus, the UK’s Department of Health said, up by 717 in 24 hours. If someone dies before being tested positive, they are not in that total. Given how many...

In another part of online, we see lots of people given calcium for no good reason. (Not saying that is the case for your wife - I couldn't possibly comment.) Some used to get Adcal D3 as there were extremely limited options that could be prescribed so they'd get the calcium in Adcal whether or...

I have seen many mentions of vitamin D in relation to covid-19. Several issues. One being that getting from low to high (in a timescale likely to be useful for the current situation) requires high doses and there are lots of potential problems with that. Like hypercalcaemia. Some people really...

Do you believe it? Downing Street has insisted it remains on target to ensure 100,000 tests a day for coronavirus by the end of the month – despite the latest figures showing only a fifth of this number are being carried out.

The only Chequers I know is in Buckinghamshire! Chevening?

Once, twice, three times a failure... UK missed three chances to join EU scheme to bulk-buy PPE Britain not part of €1.5bn order for kit to protect against Covid-19 despite shortages in NHS https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/13/uk-missed-three-chances-to-join-eu-scheme-to-bulk-buy-ppe

So will any new-fangled ventilators be usable? (Ironically, at least trying to see if you can manufacture them is one of the few things I support. But only because of the dreadful situation we were allowed to get into. And I have deep misgivings about how they have done it.) UK scraps plans to...

Nice to see something good happening re treatment: Eluned Morgan...

BBC reports about face masks. Why the repeated use of the word "could"? Patently obvious that they could change guidance. It is their own guidance so they can change it! But would they? Are they already planning to? And if they have seen "more persuasive" data, what is holding them back? The...

It is, surely, only a place of work if it is being used for work? And we are told he isn't working. Ergo, it isn't a place of work, just a residence. And not his primary residence. If I recover from covid-19, with or without hosptial treatment, may I go to my beach hut to recuperate? (I don't...

Johnson, I believe, lives in the flat in number 11. It is probably fairly reasonable to suggest that the place where someone spends the most nights is usually their primary home. (Obviously have to take into account night shifts, and so on.) And where someone is registered for council tax...

From the Department of Do-As-I-Say-Not-As-I-Do, isn't Chequers a second home? Coronavirus UK live: Boris Johnson 'not doing government work in Chequers' https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2020/apr/13/coronavirus-uk-live-news-praise-nhs-nurses-prime-minister-boris-johnson-latest-updates...

It's not the visor we are making it is a little thing which makes ordinary disposable facemasks easier and more pleasant to use. :)

Got some document wallet/file things. And, better still, some sheets intended for cat/dog eating places. They look promising! Spookily quiet. Poundland had, I think, two other customers and it is a reasonable size branch. Wilko a bit busier (needed cat food) - a bit busier. Lidl - to top up...