Thanks to Essential Workers who are under the radar

We have all heard about the front line health and care staff, the bus drivers, the food shop staff but I have been hearing about all sorts of people who are also contributing massively to our efforts to contain and eventually eradicate the virus.

I'll start with one example near to home.

"When Scotland and its Scotch industry came under threat, distilleries responded swiftly to the crisis and managed to turn production from drinks to hand sanitiser for the fight against coronavirus. Only now is the scale of the operation coming into focus, with the Scottish whisky industry expected to help supply nurses and doctors on the NHS frontline in the UK with 50 million litres of hand sanitiser over the next eight weeks, and this is outwith care homes also being supplied. Those with funds are being charged cost price only while supplies to Charities are donated gratis^ I expect in 2032 there will be a shortage of 12yr old malts

Many in the village are distillery workers who are working round the clock, as is the yeast factory, which supplies not only the drinks trade and bakers but also the fondant for Cadbury's Creme Eggs. My next door neighbour, who is a metal work engineer, has been seconded to produce moulds for the glassblowers who are also working 12 hour shifts to produce the bottles for the sanitisers, as well as vast quantities of specialised glass lab equipment.

Any other surprising 'essential workers' in your neck of the woods?