I bought something of Etsy. I was intrigued that it was being shipped by Royal Mail, and I have never ordered anything from across the pond. OK they didn’t ship it from overseas, is what I mean. Surprisingly it got here rather fast. What was more surprising was when I unwrapped it one of the first things I noticed was Made In China. Disappointing. 
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If I am forced to order from China due to lack of UK product, I’ve found SpeedPAK from China to be a very quick delivery Economy SpeedPAK tracking from China (parcelsapp.com)
Most of my orders are for somewhat unusual electrical/electronic products from a suppler in Shenzhen and I really cannot fault them for quality, packing and delivery. Unfortunately, trying to find UK items made/supplied to the same quality and on the shelves is about that same as for hen’s teeth.
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Is the virus part of the self-regulation of Gaia?
Definitely, it’s a matter of sources and sinks. The source is the multiplication of the virus and the sink is anything we can do to get rid of it, which is not at the moment very effective. This is all part of evolution as Darwin saw it. You are not going to get a new species flourishing unless it has a food supply. In a sense that is what we are becoming. We are the food. I could easily make you a model and demonstrate that as the human population on the planet grew larger and larger, the probability of a virus evolving that would cut back the population is quite marked. We’re not exactly a desirable animal to let loose in unlimited numbers on the planet. Malthus was about right. In his day, when the human population was much smaller and distributed less densely across the planet, I don’t think Covid would have had a chance.
China is planning world domination.
@Cinderella ,. Whilst l agree with the theory cinders, l don’t think covid is going
to be the undoing of the human race, reason being it is not lethal enough !!
With population growth now reaching exponential figures, we are outbreeding
the virus !!
In other words, we are now the virus that will be the undoing of all other
life forms ??
Donkeyman! 
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A fair point, Donkeyman. Flu pandemics have been worse.
Bringing this thread round to climate change/global warming, I have just received an email from one of my American friends with this link attached. It makes for very plausible reading.
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“Out of space, out of time” Edgar Allan Poe
Surely, for there to be an “End” to the Earth, it must be Flat mustn’t it? 
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