Author: Richard

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Winter and Covid-19

Whist the government has put emphasis on faces, hands and space, the WHO a few months ago published reports on aerosol spreading and the need for ventilation. It seems like we all need to add layers and keep the windows open.

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Pickled chillies

I have not done this before so comments welcome. My red chillies are a roulette – most not hot at all, but some are a bit; my green ones (well I only tried one before drinking half a litre of milk and my mouth being numb for 5 minutes) seem to be hot! So the recipe –

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Winter flu

Recent reports from Oz and NZ suggest that the winter flu season down under was almost non-existent! Is Covid-19 the grey squirrel to the native flu red swuirrel? It makes sense to think that social distancing and mask wearing would inhibit the spread of colds and coughs. And given the cost of influenza to this country every year (£30 billion in sick days) it would seem sensible to maintain current precautionary measures into the future?

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Stop carping!

The latest mantra of the government to avoid answering difficult questions. They wish and behave like they are living in a dictatorship, but news for them, the role of the opposition is to scrutinise and criticise – hence the name opposition.

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Chillies

I have lots of pretty red ones which are not hot at all. However I just had a quick bite off the end of a green one from a different plant. Eyes watering, half a pint of milk, lips numb! Wow!