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   Hallo Maurice!   
      
   08 Apr 20 17:36, Maurice Kinal schrieb an Nancy Backus:   
      
    MK> Hallo Nancy!   
      
    NB>> but in her case she's just paranoid about getting the virus   
      
    MK> I think that is a very common 'problem' even in this neck of the woods.   
    MK> Also I believe the mask situation is way out of hand except I don't see it   
    MK> doing any harm, other than it being symptomatic of paranoia or at least   
    MK> false precaution as it pertains to this particular virus.  Wash your hands   
    MK> is still the best preventive messure.   
      
   I find it weird how many experts are all alround that "know" why or why not   
   masks do or don't work. I myself tend to believe that wearing a mask (whatever   
   type) basically decreases the propability of infecting others if you're   
   infected. However, viruses are so small that the best comparison I heard of   
   yet goes like this: Wearing a mask for protection against viruses is like   
   throwing a golf ball against a soccer goals' net.   
      
    NB>> But grocery stores and pharmacies are deemed essential still, so   
    NB>> we've been able to get food and meds... :)   
      
    MK> Same situation here although there is a shortage of supplies.  I heard   
    MK> one   
    MK> woman in Nanaimo complain that she had to make five different stops to get   
    MK> everything she needed.  Myself I found the limited quantities one can   
    MK> purchase at one time to be a hinderance to the 'just stay home' message.   
      
   Drugstores in Germany started to sell through emergeny counters, but you're   
   still easily able to get medical supplies. Grocery stores started to enforce   
   using carts while limiting the amount of available carts for two reasons: 1.   
   This way you satisfy the minimum distance of about 2m at the checkstand and 2.   
   the security guards at the markets' entrances (yeah, right...) easily know how   
   many people are in there at any time.   
      
   I myself am shopping on two days a week: Wednesdays for a whole weeks'   
   supplies and on saturday for fresh supplies on the open air mart. However, for   
   three weeks in a row, I was neither able to purchase regular flour (what I   
   COULD get is chestnut flour for whatever reason I didn't know that it even   
   exists until now) nor fresh yeast. Yesterday I visited our drugstore   
   accidently at the right time to get a oackage of toilet paper. First time in   
   three weeks...   
      
   Stay healthy,   
   Christian   
      
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