One farmer's widow has forestalled having a memorial service for her husband fearing his friends wouldn't be able to come. You can socialise if you wash, change your clothes and shoes whenever you go out and don't visit other farms. There is a feeling that farmers must be seen to do their bit even if that bit isn't strictly necessary. Ann's daughters haven't seen their boyfriends almost since the outbreak. One is imprisoned on an infected farm, while the other isn't allowed to visit.
Business is affected too.
Her husband sublets fields in the winter for sheep keep. The animals are usually taken away in February, but this year they must stay put. The shepherd is out all hours lambing them. He puts down hay to compensate for the disappearing grass, but they are now pulling what is left up by the roots. If the sheep leave soon the field will be ploughed.