So it has finally happened. The UK is in shutdown. The question is if this will be enough and has this been done soon enough.
While I still do not trust Boris Johnson, I had trusted those making decisions based on data from home and abroad. But when they said that the mathematical models they used were wrong, the need for a shutdown became more important.
What happens how with the NHS depends on what happened two weeks ago. But social distancing has been ignored by too many, and judging by what happened this weekend, is probably to be ignored at supermarkets up and down the country still. Our local TESCO has early opening for NHS staff and the elderly on Sunday. As my wife has been shopping sensibly, we have enough supplies and did not have to go, but it was crowded according to those who went from my work and was ideal conditions for COVID to spread.
When it comes to work, another GP has fallen, meaning a harder day for the rest of us as it is not safe for that GP to be seeing patients. I do hope those who cannot come to work stay safe, and I am hopeful that they will, so long as the nation does not panic and controls are imposed at supermarkets.
