Apparently people who do a weekly shop are the likeliest to get covid

Rubbish. I've shopped every few days throughout the whole pandemic...masked and sanitised...and haven't had covid.

I keep at a distance from others which is easy to do in a supermarket.

I went and had a look at the study on which this is based. I tend not to agree with the cries of rubbish as the headlines are usually based on good solid research which the press decide to interpret as they see fit.

What I learnt:

Those who went shopping once a week have the highest chance of catching Covid.

Those who went shopping more than once a week have a much reduced chance of catching Covid compared to those who go once a week.

So probably, there are other complicating factors at play and the people who go shopping exactly once a week are exposing themselves to other risk factors as well.

As you were.

All this business has got out of hand now. It's got to the stage where people will be so wrapped up in cotton-wool that the minute they go outside they'll drop dead through a completely failed immune system.

I've never been complacent and have always treated illnesses etc. with respect, but this is taking things too far.
For the past 2 years I've visited the corner shop just for milk/bread and the odd boxes of cat food----maskless every time. I have a large delivery monthly to keep me ticking over.

Air pollution kills more people every year than 'flu---8.9 million ! It's the world's worst " pandemic ".

Perhaps buy a better newspaper like The Guardian and supplement that with Channel 4 News?

Grantanow

Perhaps buy a better newspaper like The Guardian and supplement that with Channel 4 News?

Very rarely buy a newspaper as they can be read on line so you can get an overall view. You wouldn’t get that by just reading the Guardian

I go once a week to one village shop I get the ready for when they open so I don't have to hang round outside and I am in and out in around 10 minutes. They only allow 2 in at a time as the shop is small but the door is always open so it's well aired. I wear a mask, sanitise my hands, I shop from a list so only touch what I'm buying, then when I get home wipe it all down before putting it away. I get a delivery from Tesco when I can get a slot but it's not very often now. I was getting a stock up every 6 -8 weeks before the pandemic lockdown started which was ideal. I don't use delivery saver it doesn't work for us. Anyway I've not had covid yet as I've been so careful, but doesn't mean to say others using the shop are so it's worrying. I've had both jabs and the booster and the only other place I visit is the chemist for our prescriptions once a month .I hope that's enough to keep us safe.

highlanddreams you can get delivery from Sainsbury’s for £1 if you are flexible about the timing. Our chemist will deliver your prescription

Quote Lucca Sat 08-Jan-22 09:43:01
Which papers are saying this ?
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Sky news and daily mail online

One of those silly statistics which cannot be proved or indeed disproved. But online media do have something of a vested interest in scaring people off their daily newspaper!
No disrespect OP, but silly.

not if they do it online though!

well obviously the more people you are among the more likely
you are to catch even a cold.

Friends of mine (married couple) went food shopping nearly every day during the lockdowns and are still doing so. They joined their local Mutual Aid organisation and they buy and deliver food to vulnerable and disabled people. They also pick up prescriptions and deliver those. Another thing is taking items such as clothing and toiletries to the reception of the hospital on behalf of relatives who, of course, are unable to visit. They take all sensible precautions and have remained covid free. My greatest regret about this whole period is that I haven’t done anything like that.

I shop once or twice a week. I wear a mask and use the hand sanitiser before going into each shop.

I have never wiped down the cart or basket, nor wiped purchases before putting them away when I got home. We have never been advised to do so in Denmark where I live.

I keep the regulation distance of 2 metres away from other people. Don't stop to talk inside the shops, but do so on the parking lot.

DH follows the same rules, but not all of those we talk to do.

We are both fully vaccinated and have never at any time tested positive.

I think we all need to remember that the advice given was originally advice that would have been given regarding any infectious illness that had reached epidemic proportions, as no-one really knew how this virus would behave.

An article may be newsworthy without being written as a result of academic research. To know whether one or other sector of the public is more likely to catch covid 19 depending on when or how often they shop, as the article apparently claims, sounds a little dubious to me.

Being used to academic use of statistics I know there are many factors to take into consideration, such as, who are these shoppers, what age-group are they in, how is their general health, are they vaccinated or not, are they obeying restrictions or not. Do they use hand sanitiser both on entering and leaving a shop?

I could go on, but I am sure you have got the picture by now.

MerylStreep

More codswallop ?

So why have the supermarkets got staff working? .
This statement suggests they should be getting danger money?

My greatest regret about this whole period is that I haven’t done anything like that.

aonk I haven't done any collecting and delivering but have donated toiletries etc a local group which delivers them to the hospital and a local Women's Refuge. I even braved the supermarket a few times to put food in the crate for the Food Bank (but held my breath all the way round - quite some feat!).

I'm thankful to all those who are still out there helping those in need.

MerylStreep

More codswallop ?

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Ps I wasn't virtue signalling - just letting aonk know that you can help in other ways even if you have to shield.

The study came from University College London and was researched through a survey of 10,000 people on a weekly basis between September to November 2021.A paper concerning the findings was submitted to SAGE.
I read a report about it today in The Telegraph.
I am now going out shopping, as I have done weekly throughout the pandemic.

I don’t think I believe this.

Most people shop one a week! Therefore most people with covid will have done so also ?

I've been shopping since the start of lockdown as I couldn't get deliveries. Also went on buses. I always masked and sanitised. My upholstery group restarted last term, and we are back again now. We are both triple jabbed, My DH starts his class at Citylit next Wednesday, he goes on the train to Waterloo.

Since the start I have been shopping every week (still do). Major shop once a month, essentials rest of the time. DH and I continue to wear masks when we are out of the house, sanitise or wash our hands at every opportunity and keep our distance but we still managed to both get COVID in November. Maybe I didn’t go shopping often enough!

It’s from statistics for September and October I believe which showed that people who went shopping in person were more likely to have caught Covid as a result than those shopping on line. Seems like stating the bl**** obvious as Basil Fawlty put it. It also said you were more likely to catch it if you went to watch or participate in sports. Again no surprise.

I've been continuing my weekly shop throughout the pandemic and thus far have remained well - fingers crossed. I sanitise the trolley, wash hands, wear a mask, etc and can only hope for the best.

If I didn't go shopping I'd barely leave the house at all and I can't believe that that would be good for my mental health either.

I think this ‘news’ is for the same reason that every time I visit Sainsbury’s nowadays, I get a ‘15% or 20% off your first online order’ voucher.
If people have cut down on on-line shopping, that’s fewer jobs for pickers or drivers. Let’s try and boost the online shoppers again.
I couldn’t get a delivery during lock down so have shopped since the start.

If I believed that statistic to be even remotely accurate I could be very pleased as I shop on a daily basis and always have done. Part of my exercise regime.