tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post910669589864811118..comments2024-03-21T09:30:11.468+00:00Comments on Man in a Shed: Government still behind the cruve again on swinefluMan in a Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-64050240926391207192009-05-01T16:14:00.000+01:002009-05-01T16:14:00.000+01:00I already make a point of keeping a good stock of ...I already make a point of keeping a good stock of food in. Just imagine what would happen if the government's "Quantitive Easing" collapsed into hyper-inflation, something that actually happens with frightening speed if you look at examples elsewhere in the World.<br /><br />Right now, I've decided that with negative interest rates after inflation, and with a government deliberately trying to stoke the inflationary fires ever higher, that the most sensible approach is to spend our savings by bringing forward big-ticket purchases whilst the money is still worth something.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948105455433369982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-89141117447795908522009-05-01T12:15:00.000+01:002009-05-01T12:15:00.000+01:00Ah - now Brown has gone and done the things which ...Ah - now <A HREF="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090501/tuk-ask-for-advice-on-flu-urges-brown-6323e80.html" REL="nofollow">Brown has gone and done the things</A> which I noted the absence of...<br /><br />This one is very hard to call.Man in a Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-83095422627480348272009-05-01T11:04:00.000+01:002009-05-01T11:04:00.000+01:00Normally I would be with the "crying wolf" camp on...Normally I would be with the "crying wolf" camp on this sort of thing.<br /><br />For example you just knew that the Pakistani students who go arrested with public statements by Brown, would get released a few days later.<br /><br />But what's different here is that this scare has not been pushed by the govt. We've not had Gordon Brown making solemn statements (except where forced) or visiting preparedness centres.<br /><br />He's been too busy with his other little political schemes, most of which have backfired spectacularly.<br /><br />So I don't think they have the current capacity to fire this up also.<br /><br />It all looks too frighteningly real to me.<br /><br />In my student days when the hall fire alarm was tested everyone would look out of their door at each other and look for smoke. But no one wanted to be uncool and rush off out.<br /><br />Its the same hear, no one wants to look foolish, which is a shame because good can be done by some simple preperations.<br /><br />The problem is that I don't think the govt cooked this scare up, and in fact they are struggling to cope.<br /><br />My advice is to get in 2 weeks food in dried / canned form. It will pull more supplies thought he supply chain ( so not depriving anyone else - if done now ).<br /><br />If the worse happens you don't want to fall ill at the peak of the outbreak, and the only way to ensure that is to cut yourself of once its clear things are heading out of control.<br /><br />And then again you might have to have a lot of camping weekends to eat the damn stuff in 3 months time ( my kids claim they hate bake beans so things may not go well !).<br /><br />If anything the govt is trying to distract us away from the flu issue.Man in a Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-45072437392291939672009-05-01T08:27:00.000+01:002009-05-01T08:27:00.000+01:00I think you're exactly right about the dangers, it...I think you're exactly right about the dangers, it's still an office joke at the moment, but hospital beds will quickly be overwhelmed in the case of a pandemic and we have fewer beds and a larger population than in the last pandemic around 1968.<br /><br />Of course, it could also be just the excuse Gordon Brown needs to turn it into an all-postal vosting election. Let's face it, zaNuLabour have plenty of experience in rigging postal voting...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948105455433369982noreply@blogger.com