Read an interesting paper on alcohol consumption during the "lock-down". The conclusions were, as they say, inconclusive due to the paucity of qualitative data. Anyway it spawned a conversation around our dinner table over the weekend and we tried to work out if our consumption had increased or decreased. In the study they reckoned that around 20% of people had increased their consumption and around 35% had decreased it. Our conclusion was that overall ours had decreased, but not hugely, mainly due to the almost complete lack of pub outings, meals out and dinner parties over the Summer. But, we also reckoned that our quantity of exercise has roughly doubled over the same period due mainly to new daily walking/running regimes as a consequence of working from home, and a desire to shop locally (via walking) rather than driving to larger (busier) out-of-town supermarkets etc. I wonder if people will slip back into their old routines once this is over or if they'll keep hold of any positives gained, I personally can't see myself going into the office five days a week ever again, but on the other hand I've also learned to never underestimate the power of peer-pressure, we shall see.
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