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   -=> Quoting Christian Jacob to Maurice Kinal on 09-Apr-2020 21:50 <=-   
      
    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   
    MK>> it doing any harm, other than it being symptomatic of paranoia or at   
    MK>> least false precaution as it pertains to this particular virus.  Wash   
    MK>> your hands is still the best preventive messure.   
    CJ> I find it weird how many experts are all alround that "know" why or   
    CJ> why not masks do or don't work. I myself tend to believe that wearing   
    CJ> a mask (whatever type) basically decreases the propability of   
    CJ> infecting others if you're infected. However, viruses are so small   
    CJ> that the best comparison I heard of yet goes like this: Wearing a mask   
    CJ> for protection against viruses is like throwing a golf ball against a   
    CJ> soccer goals' net.    
      
   Indeed.  I saw somewhere that the best reason for wearing a mask was to   
   remind one not to touch one's face.... It does protect a little from you   
   passing along things if you are sick... I suppose it could also be a   
   reminder to keep distance from others....   
      
    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 woman in Nanaimo complain that she had to make five different stops   
    MK>> to get everything she needed.  Myself I found the limited quantities   
    MK>> one can purchase at one time to be a hinderance to the 'just stay   
    MK>> home' message.   
    CJ> Drugstores in Germany started to sell through emergeny counters, but   
    CJ> you're still easily able to get medical supplies. Grocery stores   
    CJ> started to enforce using carts while limiting the amount of available   
    CJ> carts for two reasons: 1. This way you satisfy the minimum distance of   
    CJ> about 2m at the checkstand and 2. the security guards at the markets'   
    CJ> entrances (yeah, right...) easily know how many people are in there at   
    CJ> any time.    
      
   Interesting the varieties of ways that stores are coming up with to try   
   to comply with the guidelines, one way or another... Our grocery store   
   limited the access to one of the entrances, using the other as an exit..   
   and I think they're limiting carts as well... They were saying one to a   
   cart, but didn't say anything when Richard and I were still using just   
   the one cart between us...  There are markings on the floor for the 6 ft   
   distancing and plastic shields at the registers...    
      
    CJ> I myself am shopping on two days a week: Wednesdays for a whole weeks'   
    CJ> supplies and on saturday for fresh supplies on the open air mart.   
      
   We are still doing our weekly grocery shopping at our usual store...   
      
    CJ> However, for three weeks in a row, I was neither able to purchase   
    CJ> regular flour (what I COULD get is chestnut flour for whatever reason   
    CJ> I didn't know that it even exists until now) nor fresh yeast.   
      
   Those have been in short supply here as well... we are more likely to   
   see almond flour than chestnut here, but the nut flours have been around   
   for the use of those who can't tolerate gluten and are looking for   
   alternatives...    
      
    CJ> Yesterday I visited our drugstore accidently at the right time to get   
    CJ> a oackage of toilet paper. First time in three weeks...    
      
   Congratulations.. ;)  We'd just stocked before the crisis hit, we   
   generally do buy in bulk anyway... and then use it over the course of   
   months to a year or more... ;)   
      
    CJ> Stay healthy,   
      
   You also... :)   
      
   ttyl       neb   
      
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