COVID-19: living in interesting times
Life shouldn't feel normal right now, so if your life feels normal, are you doing the right thing? — to paraphrase Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister. The world is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it's turning our lives upside down. Store shelves are depleted, streets are quiet, and the skies are surprisingly clear. It's surreal to consider that each and every one of you reading this will be touched in some way by this crisis — we are separated geographically, and many are isolated, but we are also together, facing this as a global community. Suddenly we all know more about coronaviruses than we ever imagined, and while this is grabbing our attention, it is also threatening our wellbeing and our economic future.
Many practices are struggling to obtain consumables such as syringes, needles and disinfectants, so normal running of the practice is impossible. With pregnant women and over 70s at home, and schools around the world closed, staff shortages are forcing some practice branches to shut and non-essential appointments to be to cancelled.
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