The whole thing's a tissue of lies... papering over the cracks to prevent people getting to the bottom of the problem...

Seriously, though... my father has just been in hospital for a new knee, and I was disturbed by the number of people who were ignoring the anti-bacterial hand lotions by the doors in the hospital, despite prominent notices everywhere.

He's been home for a couple of days, and has had sickness and diarrhoea since arriving home - and so has my mother.

Coincidence?