...and just in case anyone was thinking (God forbid) that I was straying too far from matters germane to the titular virus:
I spotted just one mask amongst the shoppers at both of those fine establishments; however, an extremely helpful staff member did mention that this morning one of her colleagues who's had a cold for the last couple of weeks was insulted and abused by an irate (and possibly stupid/demented) customer who then proceeded to say that she refused to served by her and that she should "fuck off home and stay there" before storming out of the store, unserved and leaving her full shopping trolley at the till.
Apart from that, I note that there is no hand sanitiser left (possibly on the planet) this being due to so many people not washing their hands properly with soap and water these days and a fair few of them not brought up to do so and therefore being relatively ignorant as to the beneficial effects of this arcane and out-dated procedure.
...and finally (yes!! at last
) I did observe that glove wearers are becoming increasing common and perhaps we can expect a resurgence of glovers and their industry when this unfortunate episode is over.