Mutant Virus DOOM

[SueEllen]

I still got enough from the first wave...

To be fair you reminded people to keep their stocks up because of B....

[AtW]

To be fair you reminded people to keep their stocks up because of B....

I've used summer to replenish mine - cashiers in Waitrose were giving me odd looks at the time

[ladymuck]

I've used summer to replenish mine - cashiers in Waitrose were giving me odd looks at the time

You don't shop in Waitrose!

[AtW]

You don't shop in Waitrose!

Oh but I do - they double up as the best free parking on the High street

[ladymuck]

Oh but I do - they double up as the best free parking on the High street

They do have some good booze offers on at the moment. My stocks have been well replenished

[AtW]

They do have some good booze offers on at the moment. My stocks have been well replenished

Booze I don't buy there: much better stuff in specialised wine places (or online), and beer is now only on PerfectDraft *hicks*

[AtW]

"The chief executive of the German pharmaceutical company BioNTech has said he is confident its coronavirus vaccine works against the new UK variant, but that further studies are needed to be certain.

Uğur Şahin told a press conference his team had been working on trying to find out whether the vaccine worked on the UK variant or whether it would be necessary to adapt it. Results would be known within two weeks, he said."

Covid vaccine 'highly likely' to work on UK variant, BioNTech says | World news | The Guardian

So, 2 weeks - and if they were supplied necessary stuff a month ago then we'd know by now, even if a month ago it wasn't 100% certain that it was higher infectivity of the new strain that was driving it, feckers were sitting on data and keeping it quiet to avoid ruining Xmas.

[AtW]

Fun fact - SueEllen also shops in Waitrose...

[SueEllen]

Fun fact - SueEllen also shops in Waitrose...

I don't.

I've been shopping in a normal supermarket - online - and M&S. M&S as it is less busy than Waitrose.

[AtW]

I've been shopping in a normal supermarket - online - and M&S. M&S as it is less busy than Waitrose.

Fun fact - we also have M&S on High Street and it's less busy than Waitrose ...