The medical profession and the politicians certainly seem to have got things right in their assessment of the situation. Many will argue that we should have gone to total lockdown much earlier. The problem was that people would have ignored that and accused the powers that be of scaremongering. Now I think most people accept the enormity of the situation and are being responsible.
There are very few things in Hethersett functioning. I understand the queues for prescriptions from the chemists are still very long and the wait can be over an hour. This is quite difficult to understand as somebody pointed out on Facebook. In normal times there are never more than two or three people waiting for prescriptions at any one time. So why now is there a queue that snakes down Great Melton Road?
Tesco Express is limiting the number of customers allowed into the store to seven, which seems very sensible. I understand that the Sunrise Chinese takeaway is still open but is strictly limiting numbers being admitted at any one time.
It already seems that this virus "lockdown" has been going on forever. But we are only in day six of the restrictive measures. There will obviously be a minimum of 21 days and it could last for as long as 84 days. One thing that is certain is we will remember this for a long time to come.
The clocks go forward tonight but it scarcely seems to matter. As somebody said it just means an hour less time in the lounge!!
Went for a very short Gove Gander today - just round the block and back. It wouldn't surprise me if further restrictions were applied to stop people going out for recreational runs/walks/bike rides. If that's what it takes then so be it. At least then we will know how it feels to be under house arrest!
Have held up the publication of Hethersett Herald for a few hours to be able to include a message from South Norfolk about the latest situation. It will now be out tomorrow morning.