'Toilet paper fiasco'
I'm really miffed at Woolworths' and other supermarkets' handling of the frenzied buying of toilet paper, paper towel, tissues and hand sanitiser, to name a few.
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What is wrong with greedy people who queue outside supermarkets waiting for them to open and then acting like animals grabbing and clawing to get to packets of toilet paper?
What's the saying? "Stuff you, Jack, I'm okay.".
Woolworths should have roped off isles and had staff on hand to allow people through one at a time and allowing one item per customer, but no. It's really all about the sales, the profits, isn't it.
So many people cannot afford to bulk buy, or only shop once a fortnight or live out of town.
Why the greediness for paper towel and tissues? Is that the next issue we have to deal with? A blocked sewage system?
Chris White
Tuross Head
'Science selective'
As we face the threat of COVID-19, the global community is using the expert advice of the United Nation's World Health Organisation to help minimise the damage to our health and way of life.
Yet our leaders refuse to take the advice of the very same organisation when it comes to the biggest threat our civilisation has ever faced - the climate crisis.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in December last year that we already have all the technologies we need to protect the future for my generation and my kids' generation.
However he said: "What is still lacking is political will. Political will to put a price on carbon. Political will to stop subsidies on fossil fuels. Political will to stop building coal power plants from 2020 onwards. Political will to shift taxation from income to carbon - taxing pollution instead of people. We simply have to stop digging and drilling and take advantage of the vast possibilities offered by renewable energy and nature-based solutions."
A simple prescription for a safe future - but a bitter pill to swallow for our current politicians.
Bonnie Hibbett
Kianga
Open letter to Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt
The Queensland electoral Commission is making a mockery of your pandemic procedures and laws that are currently in place throughout Australia.
Irresponsible, Queensland is having a state-wide Local Government Election on March 28. Election Day would be one of the quickest ways to accelerate a pandemic virus throughout Australia. What a joke. Please explain, Queensland.
Geoff Payne
Eurobodalla Shire
St Patrick's Day
If you're celebrating 'a touch of the Irish' in your blood on St Patrick's Day, spare a thought for whether this means you are pumping too much iron.
People of Celtic origin are more likely to have the iron overload condition haemochromatosis, which is the most common genetic disorder in Australia. About one in 200 people are genetically predisposed to it and one-in-seven are carriers.
The good news is that early detection means haemochromatosis is no barrier to a normal life and the condition is easily managed through blood donations. But when undetected and untreated, it can cause organ/tissue damage and perhaps premature death.
So as you raise a glass to your heritage this year, vow to find out more about the 'Celtic curse' from your GP or by visiting www.ha.org.au