The last pandemic that has really affected the world on a massive scale was the so-called 'Spanish flue' (nothing to do with Spain by the way), which was carried home from the trenches by returning soliders at the end of WWI just about 100 years ago and which affected mainly the young and robust. It developed in field lazarets in several waves and ultimately killed more people than died in the war.
So nobody has really got any experience with a pandemic that impacts the whole population; our world is also much changed and there are a LOT more people around, too! 100 years ago there was no public health service in the first place...
I was having a manic few weeks coming up until Easter with several rescue fundraising events and friends visits/dinners, but that has all been cancelled now. Since my hub is just below the age line and many of his friends and club mates he does things with are older and/or have health issues, our social life is rather coming to a standstill.
Anyway, I have plenty of practice being stuck at home for extended periods with all the times my hub has been ill, so it doesn't faze me. Plan for a project you always wanted to do but never had the time for... NOW is the time to get serious about it!
As long as we can keep our distance to other people and are careful with hygiene, we can still go out and do stuff within reason, as we are not on complete lockdown. I sincerely hope that now that things are slowing down, the situation in the shops will normalise again.
But if you have money for social things that you are not spending, please think of guinea pig rescues and sanctuaries that still have to feed and medicate their piggies but that have lost their usual stream of income from fundraising events, adoptions boarding etc. and rather donate a monthly sum to them or order stuff from Amazon from their wish list.
TEAS sanctuary for instance is badly affected as they have very high vet cost with their dental piggies but have had to cancel a vital fundraising event at the end of the month that would have netted them several hundreds of much needed pounds. Just the sum of a coffee and sweet that you are not having in Starbucks would be very welcome!
@furryfriends (TEAS)
all sorted out no problems! Mum thinks assuming old sick people want soup and toilet rolls is a bit patronising, she wants to look glam and be drunk right until the end!
