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skipraider. The advice around getting proper sleep, avoiding high stress levels as far as possible and keeping yourself hydrated are all good for staying well in life in general as well as health emergencies.

The specific stuff around what and what not to eat and what vitamins to take - well, I am a bit dubious about the real science around some of it even when it is properly referenced - and, as VapingBad points out, this is not!

Stay safe!

I'm really interested in the rumour thing - in my work I know so many people who are have anxieties about health issues, the police, medical authorities or the army even in 'normal' times. Ramping things up by rumours causes them truly terrible distress.

So, how to spot them:

I have heard several rumours and they all have similar features:

'I know someone' or 'I know someone who knows someone' this someone is often: a Nurse, Doctor, Policeman, Home office or Ministry of Defense civil servant or Politician, often senior (to give the appearance of the information having authority) or, where it suits, a front line worker who has been let in on or discovered a 'secret'.

They usually predict the situation getting worse, even catastrophic.

They often reflect what people fear will happen, or fears about what has happened.

Two weeks ago one went around work that there would be a total China style lockdown implemented by the army and the police the next day - it was conveyed by someone whose best friend (a ward Sister) had been told by a senior police officer in the MET. This led to one person making a desperate overnight dash to the Midlands to pick up a daughter who is at University there.

I was told a similar rumour three days later directly, I gently challenged this one, and the person got quite angry and said 'But I heard it from a MATRON.....' as if this was proof positive.

I know someone in a charity who works with the MOD on ex service people with post traumatic stress problems - apparently the rumour going around there is that COVID 9 is a man made virus - ignoring the fact that similar coronavirus strains have caused two well documented and researched SARS pandemics in Asia over the last ten years.

Rumour is human - we all like to be 'in the know' - we also have a tendency to seek evidence to confirm our prejudices - a part of staying healthy in all this is to take every rumour with a BIG pinch of salt and halt the spread of them as far as we can.

I work in a mental health charity and we were already busy, but the last couple of weeks has been awful. We are having to make very difficult decisions about the balance between protecting our staff, the general public, and supporting the more vulnerable people that we work with.

I know we are not alone in this - everyone (rightly) praises doctors and nurses but people serving in supermarkets and many other public facing jobs are bearing the brunt of everyone's anxiety, fear and panic and are not getting enough praise for sticking with it, I think.

It's not uncommon in local shops, supermarkets and small eating places to ask people how they are and have them burst into tears - Friday evening and Saturday morning were especially sad, with people seeing businesses they have worked years to build closed down - we have lots of cafes down our high street and some of them are real community hubs, with many people relying on them for food and some company- now just suddenly shut. One really nice little cake shop had all it's orders for birthdays and weddings cancelled within a couple of days and the people who run it can't see how it will survive, or how they will earn a living.

There is hope too, in that a lot of people are doing what they can to keep the essential things going and help others - we have joined a local group that co-ordinates neighbours to shop and collect medication etc for people.

I hope everyone here and their families stay well and safe

I think this is probably a mix of the nicotine and some of the flavours used, scoops.

100ml Dragon's Blood - still a favourite!
50ml Fentimans style Dandelion & Burdock - based on the DV D&B with a bit of pear, vanillin and Root Beer.
50ml Dark Fey - my own licorice, absinthe and anise mix.

I agree, stu1873. By this logic, we would have to give age verification for PG & VG.

Could extend it to everything - all the plastic bottles we buy, mixing scales maybe even the desk I mix on???