I am currently in Israel caring for my father who was diagnosed with pancreactic cancer a few weeks ago. I arrived just as the crisis was ramping up and am now stuck here until passenger flights recommence.
He has decided not to undergo chemotherapy but work with the alternative therapy department within the specialist cancer unit at the hospital. They have recommended various supplements and the like, many of which are not available here over the counter and have to be ordered from overseas.
Having sourced them from the recommended suppliers in the US and parts of Europe, several have not arrived despite being despatched two or three weeks ago. So a work colleague has managed to find what we need in the UK; has had the delivered to his house and he packaged them up to send to us here. It took less than a week from collection from his house to delivery at my father's apartment here.
So some supply chains are working well and others are incapable of (literally) delivering the goods. Full marks to Fedex, TNT and UPS for doing what they promised. I just wish I could catch a lift on the plane back to the UK...
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