Did some more work in the conservatory today - mostly putting things back or throwing them out. When I took Jasper for his walk I stopped by in Strawberry Fields hoping to find some suitable potted plants for the shelves but all I could find were these Bellis Perennis but they will do for now.
Today is the birthday of a friend, Gill and the highlight of the day was a video conference call between 8 of her friends using Zoom. We all managed to get connected after a few errors - mainly me - and spent nearly an hour chatting and drinking Gill's health. We plan to do it again when it is my birthday in a couple of weeks. Great fun!
Today I received the letter from our PM Boris Johnson setting out various rules that must be complied with to reduce the spread of coronavirus. There seem to be some anomalies between what is expected from the populace and what the PM does himself. When our brave little soldier is back to normal health I may be writing to him to explain himself.
I have a young friend Ruth, who works in a care home. She commented today that her work was very tiring. I am sure it is and risky. Ruth got married last September and is looking forward to a lovely life with her husband Irfon. Let us hope she gets it.
Snippet from the News
UK Covid-19 antibody tests not ready until May at earliest.
UK scrambles for foreign-made ventilators ahead of coronavirus peak.
NHS has 10,000 available but needs 18,000 to deal with rising number of cases.
Snippet from Facebook
The Government Is Asking Retired Windrush Nurses To Rejoin The NHS. Like rebuilding Britain in 1948, the battle against Covid-19 has seen a generation of Black migrants asked to help. But after their experiences of racism, will they?
Despite the injustices they faced, members of the Windrush generation are among those putting their own safety on the line to go back to work for the NHS. A former nurse said that, if she were younger, she would put her feelings to one side to serve Britain in the Covid-19 war effort.
“If I was under 70 and not in the ‘at risk’ category, I would go back to the NHS for the sick people, for the people I have met along the way – like managers – who were wonderful,” she said.
“I would return for them. Not for the government’s sake. I would return to help people. That’s what nursing is about; it’s not about government, politicians – it’s the actual people, because they’re the ones who need the help.”
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NHS has 10,000 available but needs 18,000 to deal with rising number of cases.
Snippet from Facebook
The Government Is Asking Retired Windrush Nurses To Rejoin The NHS. Like rebuilding Britain in 1948, the battle against Covid-19 has seen a generation of Black migrants asked to help. But after their experiences of racism, will they?
Despite the injustices they faced, members of the Windrush generation are among those putting their own safety on the line to go back to work for the NHS. A former nurse said that, if she were younger, she would put her feelings to one side to serve Britain in the Covid-19 war effort.
“If I was under 70 and not in the ‘at risk’ category, I would go back to the NHS for the sick people, for the people I have met along the way – like managers – who were wonderful,” she said.
“I would return for them. Not for the government’s sake. I would return to help people. That’s what nursing is about; it’s not about government, politicians – it’s the actual people, because they’re the ones who need the help.”
❤︎❤︎❤︎
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Tess making full use of the box containing her birthday present.
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