Maybe now those sensitive and caring people with very loud voices and large social conscience will start to put their own nation and people first and realise that protecting your own people is not racism or any other type of "ism".

Quarantine stations both internal and external were established for very practical and essential reasons, check out ours and other nations histories; it kept your people safe.

Wayne Marmont, Verona

While waiting at 6am in the cold at Coles to get toilet paper I spoke with a fella who has a very interesting theory on why Italy, Spain and other culturally similar countries have the highest number of coronavirus cases.

In these and similar countries it is customary when meeting to kiss each other on one or two cheeks.

After doing this all your life it would be a reflex action, particularly for older people?

Makes sense to me.

Frank Pearce, Bega

Hello, we are supposed to be limiting our water usage but it's difficult to do after washing our hands up to 10 times a day.

Is it a better alternative to keep a small container with soapy disinfected water and then the same with fresh water to rinse in?

Any feedback welcome.

Vivian Haig, Merimbula

With all the distancing and isolations, why are the grey nomads and caravaners allowed to keep touring around the countryside, doing what they feel is good while the residents of the towns they visit are not allowed to travel without a very good reason?

All they are doing is possibly spreading the bugs from town to town.

We have too many people who are not residents of NSW residing in this state as it is.

They should be made to stay in one place or go back home and isolate themselves where they came from.

Ronald Stephens, Dubbo

Some very encouraging news amid the COVID-19 pandemic is that butchers remain open for business.

In exceptional times like these, our national food supply is a fundamental priority and Australians know that butchers aren't just an important service, they're an essential service.

When retail support is so critical, there's no easier way to help a small business than to stop by your local butcher and pick up something for dinner.

You'll be helping a small business operator, their employees and their suppliers, including the 35,000 people working in Australia's $5.3billion pork industry.

Butchers share our industry's priority to protect the ongoing wellbeing of staff and customers, and to ensure a consistent supply of quality Australian produce.

At the farmgate, our producers are doing their bit by maintaining the supply of high quality, locally grown pork.

That continuity is ensuring supply chain jobs are retained and means we're delivering affordable, fresh pork to retailers right around the country.

Even at a time when household budgets might be stretched, there's a wide range of versatile cuts of fresh pork and other meats to choose from to create healthy, family-friendly meals.

Pork producers are proud to be part of Australian agriculture and now is as good a time as any for all Australians to share in the pride of what our country's farmers, across all commodities, have to offer.

Margo Andrae, CEO of Australian Pork Limited