Here I am at the edge

Anthrax- the hidden menace. One of the reasons I am not concerned over the Coronavirus is I know there is a far deadlier menace in the land of the UK . I am not talking about ordinary anthrax  which is curable and can be controlled; I am talking of a genetically mutated variant that has no cure and cannot be controlled once it is released into the air. Back in the days of the Cold War with Russia, when there was a threat of Communism, the scientists at Porton Down worked on a virus that could kill. To this day, no antidote has been found, there are hundreds of canisters buried on disused airfields around the Coventry area, what used to be called "Little America. They are buried deep underground, but time rots the canisters and seepage occurs, all it needs is a small quake and the cans will split.  I know about this because in the 70's I used to read science magazines; this is not one of my science fiction stories, though I was tempted to include it, this ...

My life . Going into self-isolation is nothing hard for me to do/cope with as I have little money after paying bills, other than going to the hospital once a month I have not left the house more than once a month in the last two years. Yesterday, 8th September, I went for my first walk in months, not because of the Coronavirus policy but because my disability makes standing painful. I have been fighting a growing inability to walk for years, so I am sure a virus will not take me down, yet.  As my youngest daughter says if we had been infected with my health problems I would be dead by now.

A train crash on the route to Kyiv . The  Coronavirus that is going around the globe reminded me of something that happened many years ago, near  Kyiv in Russia . At the time, I used to listen on the short wave band to messages from all over the globe, even religious broadcasts from America. This one concerned two trains heading across Russia, one was going into Kyiv, and the other leaving the city. There was a report that they were carrying toxic nuclear waste when they collided; naturally, nothing official was said.  This incident lead me to write a short story about such a train crash, and the extent the government would go to keep it quiet.

How to break the law and spread the Coronavirus. The next time you want to go on about Boris Johnson or his family spreading the virus by traveling, think again. This week, farmers in Kent are for thousands of people from Poland to be flown here to pick fruit, not only flouting the Stay at home and Save the      NHS  policy but risking the spread of the coronavirus .  While I can see the point in one way, this is a no-win policy, the farmers have paid for the flights, the people will need food and housing, so how can the outlay come to close to income?