...And The Hoarding Resumes.

 A stricter lock-down is looming.

Haven't we all thought it might happen? Leaving the onus on individuals to behave according to the common good is never really the way to go in a pandemic, with lives and livelihoods at stake. Unfortunately there are always enfants terribles or black sheep and lately, rather too many of them.

Austria has had over 9000 cases of infection in a day, two days in a row. That is just too much. So, the lock-down is going to tighten. Except for essential shops, all other might close ( still to be announce tomorrow ) and that is the kick start to a spate of hoarding.

As if you'd be surprised to hear that toilet paper is top of the list once more. What on earth do people do at home? For me the only stuff I would hoard are books and perhaps wool. Still waiting for my knitting bug to reappear but the mere fact that I am considering means it is out of hibernation.

Bob and I need to do a shop tomorrow as we are down to the bare minimum in our larder which even for me is proving to be a challenge creating tasty dinners. Tomorrow, oodles of people will head to town for a bit of grocery hoarding and just our luck that we have to do a major purchase because we sadly will blend into the hoarding crowd.

At least we won't be subjected to angry glances as quite frankly, vegan staple food is far from a crowd favourite. Won't be denying anyone their food. In fact, it is rather handy to be vegan as our food choices are available everywhere. On the other hand, Schnitzels and frozen pizzas will be the first to sell out, followed by bread, milk, chips and chocolates.

All joking aside, I do hope that these next few weeks will do the trick and that the numbers of daily infections are going to go down again. Together, even if mandated by our government, we can move mountains so getting rid of this pesky virus should be a piece of cake...

Biggi