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Soph0571

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4. They have already started rationing

Reply to still_one (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 18, 2019, 08:09 AM

Aug 2019

It used to be we would always have at least 2 months worth in the Fridge, now he gets strictly enough for one month as the stocks are low. The government is stockpiling.
We are already working out how we can purchase privately in EU and ship it across. It will cost a fortune, but the alternative is unthinkable and we are fortunate that we can afford to do it. For more economically vulnerable people I fear things are going to be much worse.

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Tick Tock BOOM [View all] Soph0571 Aug 2019 OP

The news is quite alarming, and there is a real threat of all kinds of shortages if a hard BREXIT still_one Aug 2019 #1

Yep - my SO has diabetes... that is a real concern right now Soph0571 Aug 2019 #2

Oh my gosh. They need to stop playing with people's lives like this still_one Aug 2019 #3

They have already started rationing Soph0571 Aug 2019 #4

Take care still_one Aug 2019 #5