Day 3 of the COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark. You may have seen this 18-second video clip already, but I'm sharing it nonetheless in lieu of an update of what I did today. Graham Medley, Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling, on BBC Newsnight: "Most people have a fear of acquiring the virus.... Don't think about changing your behaviour so you won't get it, think about changing your behaviour so you don't give it to somebody else."
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At Copenhagen Airport Terminal 2, the check-in counters are virtually empty. All countries, including those deemed safe at the moment from the COVID-19 threat, originally "yellow" in status, have been declared "orange." From today, tourists who arrive at Copenhagen Airport will be told to board a plane back to their country of origin.
The government assures us that there will be food enough for all, but that hasn't prevented Danes from stocking up on their beloved rye bread, leaving empty shelves.
There's plenty of kitchen rolls left over, but the cheap toilet paper's going fast. At JA Meny, at about 5 pm today, the shelves are nearly empty. At an interview from Thursday, a manager at a similar grocery store, said that five pallets of toilet paper had just been delivered. There will always be toilet paper, so, yeah, no need to hoard.
But the soup and spaghetti on our local supermarket shelves look untouched. Only the bread and toilet paper are going fast.
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