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Sitting on the terrace , looking down at the main road , there's barely a car or pedestrian passing .
I guess most people are abiding by the rules, Michael.
Only day 2 , and I'm starting to feel"cabin fever" coming on .

We have had a Months supply of Police patrols in one day making sure no one is out and about.
House arrest in reality

I have just been to Consum in Dolores not a lot of people about plenty of stuff on the shelves meat and fish stalls well stocked and plenty of toilet rolls the roads are pretty deserted though
Now trying
to find a Lottery shop that is open

If there's one open Freddo. It will be the one inside Carrefour.... possibly ?

Could be but not allowed to travel that far
News is that all Lotteries are now canceled

Yes - Athos , you are absolutely right.
As each day passes ,and the disruption gains momentum , I really question , what is really going on ?
In the grand scheme of things - this Coronavirus is responsible for only affecting a small portion of the overall population .
What the media do , on a daily basis , is update us all with the "new" cases .
What they are not telling us , is the high percentage of people who have had the virus , and have overcome it .
I would also like to see a breakdown of the average age of the fatalities , and wether they had any other underlying Heath issues at the time .

As per my other post just now...

I went to the Chemist at Campoamor (I have to special order my prescription and had to.collect it) Tape to restrict how close you get to the counter but only 1 other person in there. No problem getting prescription.

While there I went to the Consum supermarket as I was parked in there anyway. Not many people in there. Fully stocked shelves with veg and meat fish etc but no toilet rolls. Limited salted butter but there was some. Plenty of fresh and UHT milk and water.

I ventured back home but popped into Mercadona on the way as I wanted a couple of other items and again not many people in there. Virtually empty car park too. All shelves full except, you guessed it, toilet rolls...well they had loads of 2 ply so all good.

No need to stock up as there's loads now the Madrid arseholes have stocked up.

Yes best only 1 trip to do all that was needed.

Unlike others I hadn't stocked up on anything and having stayed in for 5 days had to get my prescription as I had none left.

The 2 supermarket trios was due to not being able to get some items. And I only went to the mercadona as it's 5 minutes walk away from me so having had to drive past to get home and seeing no-one there thought it was ok. We won't venture out for another week now .

People we need to put this disease into perspective-- serious as it is-- lets look behind the sensationalist media headlines we have all read - here is an interesting extract from a BBC report today

"Most people who die with coronavirus have an underlying health condition, such as heart disease or diabetes, that may be more of a factor.

For example, an 18-year-old in Coventry tested positive for coronavirus the day before he died and was reported as its youngest victim at the time.

But the hospital subsequently released a statement saying his death had been due to a separate "significant" health condition and not connected to the virus."

It is hoped the lockdown will limit deaths to 20,000 in the UK.

But that does not mean 480,000 lives are being saved - many people will die whether or not they get the virus.

Every year, about 600,000 people in the UK die.The frail and elderly are most at risk of dying from a disease, just as they are if they get coronavirus.

The Office for National Statistics is now trying to determine the proportion of these deaths that are caused "specifically" by coronavirus.