Are You Skanking?

How bizarre is it to see so little traffic on London roads at the moment? Moseyed on down from Chiswick to Brixton (supermarkets are for amateurs at the moment, get thee to thy nearest farmer’s market) and it took all of 40 minutes. Unbelievable. Last night was really quiet on the streets but today there are people jogging, out for walks, soaking in the sunshine but everyone is mobile; there are no groups sitting about. The Thames looks amazing with the bright sunshine bouncing off it, just like a giant rug studded with a gazillion diamonds and tiny tiny rainbows. Beautiful. There are a lot more people wearing masks or using their scarves as makeshift barriers but there are also loads of carefree youngsters on bikes, taing advantage of the car-free roads. It’s only now that you can see how much time we all wasted in shops on Sundays – I hope commerce is up and running soonest, safeguarding all those millions of jobs but there is something to be said for keeping Sunday special as far as I’m concerned. I think the sunshine will be the limiter for this virus personally; although it’s not an RNA virus like influenza, looking at the worldwide spread, I think it will burn out in the Northern Hemisphere, so to speak. I do then fear for the Southern Hemisphere where the temperature is about to drop though.

I was thinking that if anti-malarials are killing the virus, is it just the drug or is that in combination with the fact that people coming from malarious regions are usually chock-full of Vitamin D, again linked to sunlight? Just a hypothesis; I’m sure if there’s a link the eggheads will find one. Don’t believe me, just watch! I think we could all do with some Vit D anyway. If you’re lucky enough to have a garden, I’d get out there for some sunshine and Vitamin D if possible – grow some tomatoes or summat, saves you haunting the shelves in Sainsburys. My number one solution though? No-brainer, I’m a Christian – everyone who can should pray. Even if you’re a hardcore sceptic/atheist, what’s the harm? We all have plenty of time on our hands, the churches are closed, it’s mano e Deo so it’s private, you have nothing to lose. God knows ( 🙂 ) politicians and scientists are running around like headless chickens at the moment, they sure need some divine intervention. I certainly don’t wish to see the passing of the draconian laws being voted on in parliament tomorrow , no one wants to live in a police state. If you don’t know what to pray about, pray about that. If the virus is contained, those laws will not be necessary and we get to keep our civil liberties. In the meantime, can we all calm down a bit; I can assure you the stress and fear is not doing your immune system any good at all. Take a leaf out of the Bobster’s book:

All we can do is to try to be sensible and stay safe, keep your loved ones close and on my part, I’m doing some thinking about who I am, what I’m doing here, and what next when I kick the bucket. If I find out, I’ll let you know 🙂 In the meantime, since this is AlaraApothecary and our mission is to make your day better, I give you some Mark Ronson + Bruno Mars just in case unbelievably, Bob is not for you. Watching these boys dance makes me incredibly happy. Have a great week.