Quote Originally Posted by Mudskipper View Post
This country has a horrific addiction to alcohol and I like a wee drink myself ,see loads of young people still smoking, obesity related health issues must be off the scale ,I lead a pretty active lifestyle go out running most days eat healthy without living like a Buddhist monk.
After the first week of lockdown I said to myself there will be 2 types of people come out of this...peeps doing triathlons or folks getting winched out the house by the fire service ....
When moved to live on Islay in 2005 I asked my GP if the blood donor
vehicle came to the island as I had previously donated blood at the blood donation unit in Ninewells Hospital.
My GP informed my that there were not enough healthy people living on Islay to justify bringing over the Blood Donor Van.
I knew that there was a big drink problem on Islay but I was shocked when my GP told me that you would be surprised how many people living on Islay suffered from high blood pressure which of course is a silent killer.