Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte), - Odd how there seems to be little mention of Covid-19 in Russia. It isn't known for information transparency and apparently there are c. 2800 cases in a massive country. Seems reliable info is hard to come by. ------- MS News ------- We interviewed Prog G today on his last working day as a full-time MS doc. On Monday he is reporting for duty on a ward that is one below the 'worst-case' ward. His biggest fear is having to intubate (shove a wretched great tube down your throat - well, that is what it seems to me) as it is apparently a bit of a skill that you need to keep up with. Not something one does in day-to-day MS Clinic by the sounds of things. - It is likely to be out the end of next week as the small Shift.MS team is working flat out on all sorts of things. - If you want to ask the experts questions yourself - a mental health focus so a lot I imagine about staying sane and not throttling the people you are confined with (I tried slipping gin to Mrs S' tea. She was v unhappy with me so 'll have to try another calming strategy.) - hen sign up at the Neurology Academy. https://multiplesclerosisacademy.org/events/live-webinar-ask-the-experts-mscovid19-mind-health-session-for-msers/ ----- Social Things ----- As any baker knows, flour is in shorter supply than loo-roll. It was like a secret club today when Mrs S was talking to a colleague who said that she knew where to get strong white flour. I rand the dealer, got two bags put aside and drove 20 min to a farm shop in the sticks and came away clutching two - to overpriced - bags of flour. I was chortling away. What weird times we are in... - I think with this sudden urge for home baking there will be an unintended uptick in house fires. Just saying. However, the Trumpton (The Water Fairies - as we used to refer to them in the police) have full breathing apparatus that they love to put on so I can't imagine they'll be too sad. - Have managed to write this entire missive whilst having a painfully convoluted web chat with Amazon. They are suspending phone calls. It is very hard going. - I have a new bucket list thing - it involves food - and that is going to a proper BBQ place in Texas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKpnD2BnwOU - Stay safe, y'all. -