that s despite a much quicker bounce back in road traffic. so our cuts to services derailing the recovery and will more of us take to our cars when fares rise again in march. there is no point in conveying fresh air around the country if there isn t demand. our concern is that this is a chicken and egg situation. people will not come back to the trains if the offering that is being made available is not one that is attractive to people. and that s a combination of frequency, journey time, whether you have to change and of course, importantly, price as well. and it s notjust rail users feeling the pressure. train companies say they ve been confronted with a government squeeze on their running costs. there is absolutely no point in saving e1 in costs of operating the railway if you lose £2 in revenue and what the service that is now being offered in large parts is simply unattractive to people to use the train.
it s easier to find them, because frankly there isn t demand. it s going fine. dr. perne will. l, that leads us to testing for everyone. there s no secret there s a testing shortage. who should be testing right now? only test if you have symptoms? should you test if you re about to leave the house and go to a family gathering? what should we be doing? good question, alisyn. there are three scenarios, where i think people should be testing. if you ve been exposed to someone who has confirmed coronavirus, about three to five days after that exposure you should get tested. if you have symptoms that are consistent with covid. right now we not the omicron variant that could be nasal concession, headache, runny nose, a sore throat, even sneezing, you should get tested. also if you re doing what i consider a high-risk event,
most are sold in the uk by online and high street retailers, but they are made in the far east. shipping them over is currently taking twice the time it should. the first reason is the lack of shipping containers coming out of china. the second is the lack of space and availability on the vessels coming over. and lastly, the most major issue is having trucks from the port deliver straight to us. so at every stage, really, you re finding delays. every stage, yes. we are now coming up to the crucial christmas trading period. the concern for toy makers and retailers isn t demand. they think that will be strong. it is whether they have enough of exactly the products people want at exactly the right time. we can t say or rule out that we will have shortages. at the moment we re well stocked, but we re in september. 0ur peak period starts at the end of october. gerald says toys will also be more expensive as some of the rising cost of shipping is passed on to customers. the biggest cost incr
toys, our harry potter toys, some of our train sets. these are all designed in london. most are sold in the uk by online and high street retailers, but they are made in the far east. shipping them over is currently taking twice the time it should. the first reason is the lack of shipping containers coming out of china. the second is the lack of space and availability on the vessels coming over. and lastly, the most major issue is having trucks from the port deliver straight to us. so at every stage, really, you re finding delays. every stage, yes. we are now coming up to the crucial christmas trading period. the concern for toy makers and retailers isn t demand. they think that will be strong. it is whether they have enough of exactly the products people want at exactly the right time. we can t say or rule out that we will have shortages. at the moment we re well stocked, but we re in september. our peak period starts at the end of october.