We can all learn from this

The very last thing I wanna do is spend more than a nano-second of my time considering what is going on in the wide world, but this blooming Coronavirus is proper encroaching. I mean what is it with the loo-rolls, people? What are they using them for?

So, my lovely hubby spotted an article written by Richard Littlejohn focussing on a chap who qualified as a doctor back in 1953. The gist of what this chap is saying is that back then, CV19 wouldn't have warranted more than a brief line in a medical journal.
According to Dr George Birdwell: "Most cases would have been too mild to attract attention in this season of coughs and sneezes. There would have been no alarm or counter-measures. International trade and travel would have carried on as usual. World stock markets would not have collapsed. And governments would not have needed to get involved."


How little does it take to reduce us to a frightened, selfish, inconsiderate mob? Stock-piling pasta, paracetamol and long-life milk. One too many apocalypse series on Netflix, maybe?

Oh for some common sense and a few grown-ups in government. A bit of perspective, please.