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What about all the food etc that was put into storage for brexit that they didn't need bet they will move that now
Surely providing the death rate does not increase dramatically within in the next month, this Coronavirus will have to be accepted like ordinary flu , and the Uk and many other countries ( that have not had an increase in people dying per 100,000) get back to normal.Meanwhile the reality is:
21 deaths
1,140 confirmed cases out of
37,746 tested "contacts"
So, less than 3% of contacts have caught the virus, 1 death per 18,000 contacts, all these before the impact of control measures.
More people die/get injured by workplace and traffic accidents
Let's not panic guys!
Now Spain affected the salad will start to dry upAre the general public about to get a lesson in food security? Supermarket shelves in many areas are empty due to panic buying. I just went to the butchers and he isn't worried about his supply of local meat (so I have my pork and black pudding sausages). Can the same be said for anything we import?
In Italy it killed 8% of those affected aged 70 to 80 (and no they didn't all have "underlying health issues" as our own team spin would have you believe). If it happens too fast, the hospitals and respirators will be oevr-run and the medics will have to make horrendous decisions as to who leave to dieWhile I fully appreciate the seriousness of Covid 19, Is the world not going way over the top with its reaction? By now the virus will have spread worldwide and I don’t think lockdown is necessarily going to make it go away; it may slow it down but it seems to being treated like the Plague which killed all, young and old. Flu still contributes to many premature deaths each year! How bad do the scientists think this will get? We all remember CJD was going to be an epidemic.
Depends what you call underlying health isues. It is well know that an 80 year old has a far weaker immune system and are more vulnerable too any illnessIn Italy it killed 8% of those affected aged 70 to 80 (and no they didn't all have "underlying health issues" as our own team spin would have you believe). If it happens too fast, the hospitals and respirators will be oevr-run and the medics will have to make horrendous decisions as to who leave to die
Perfect time for the NFU to start a food security campaign?
Now Spain affected the salad will start to dry up
Rubbish.Depends what you call underlying health isues. It is well know that an 80 year old has a far weaker immune system and are more vulnerable too any illness
You would have thought so.
The only problem being, the NFU are totally and utterly in thrall to the supermarkets, have been for years, ask them they wont deny it.
And the supermarket model is to:
a) use imports, and the threat of imports, as a means to keep the UK farm-gate price down.
b) continuously push, through every means possible, to rationalise their supply chain, ie to have to deal with less of those pesky farmers. And less farmers, all other things being equal, means less security of supply. Once any industry loses its critical mass of knowledge it is in trouble.
c) Centralize, and hence lengthen, their supply chain, which impacts on security of supply through heavy reliance on all the links in that chain (principally road haulage) functioning properly.
It is difficult to see how the NFU can promote home security without having to fundamentally reassess their love-in with global corporations.
They do have ideas and plans to help make things better for farmers.
No they don't.
you would be surprised !
No they don't.
Are the general public about to get a lesson in food security? Supermarket shelves in many areas are empty due to panic buying. I just went to the butchers and he isn't worried about his supply of local meat (so I have my pork and black pudding sausages). Can the same be said for anything we import?
Possibly but it will be because processors and logistics are disrupted, farmers might get a bit of a wake up too when they realise how much they depend on the "general public". Not much point milking cows if the factory's closed and its hard to plant spuds without diesel etc.
Still a long way to go though.
30 years of study and research says I wouldn't be.
Market share is the root of all evil.
And you can't get there from here.
The people you met, their brief is to increase their market share. You cannot marry that with a more sustainable environment or better off farmers. Sorry, but you can't.
Very true - although I bet they will drive to farms to get milk if they really want it.
It doesn't matter who owns the supermarket and how local the produce is there's still going to be processors, warehousing and transport that all has to be paid for, if you break that into smaller local businesses it will push up costs. The actual distance something travels doesn't really have much of an impact.