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

That time has passed sago. There is absolutely no need for me to return to the office, much more efficient to do admin side at home, my client work is face to face obviously. Most companies I know are looking at a mix of home/office working.

MerylSteeep I wish we had such a group, it still seems to be a major topic of conversation everywhere we go here in E.Yorkshire.
I am tired of all the scaremongering, our local rag (reach PLC) has ridiculous articles daily on how doomed we all are.
We are not doomed, NHS staff have not deserted hospitals to jab the public, food is not running out, nor is power, funeral directors have never been overwhelmed and there is no reason why every public and private sector employee cannot get back to work in an office.

maddyone

Catch Covid in M+S?
growstuff have very dare you?
I shop almost every week in my little, local M+S and didn’t get Covid. Well not from there anyway

Oh, I'm fairly sure that you can still get it at M&S, though not just any Covid, obviously.

Sago

I really believe some people want this pandemic to continue with all the drama, scaremongering and unnecessary lockdowns.
The papers print a load of tosh that’s been padded out with ridiculous “facts”, I no longer read anything with a COVID headline.
I do a weekly shop, I sanitise my hands first then as soon as as I’m in my car then wash hands with soap and water when home, in the meantime I keep my hands away from my face.
Why don’t we all just use some basic common sense?

Sago
I couldn’t agree more ?
We have a friends and neighbours get together once a month where is established that it’s a covid free zone.
We have a covid box. Like the swear boxes ?

I sometimes wonder how they would fill the news space without Covid. I suppose they would discover more death and destruction somewhere. There’s always the weather of course.

Catch Covid in M+S?
growstuff have very dare you?
I shop almost every week in my little, local M+S and didn’t get Covid. Well not from there anyway

Well, I could see this in certain circumstances. I refuse to shop in certain stores because it would appear there are fewer precautions (trollies you have to put a coin in so touching two trollies), no cleaner fit the trollies, crowded shop with long queues at check out, too many people without masks on, poor store lay out that you have to be in close proximity of the people in the queue just to get past in the aisles.

We have three food stores in our town, there is only one I am comfortable shopping in. They still have someone cleaning the trollies and will take your trolley so as not to get mixed up with those not yet sanitised. Hand sanitiser at the door and at the check out, cashier wipes the card key pad, they do not allow queues to build up. They’ll have people you wait outside and put more staff on tills. For some reason, it is very very rare to see anyone not wearing a mask in this shop.

But like any situation, where there is more opportunity for something to happen, the more likely it will. The more times you go out, the more opportunities to catch covid, the more people with whom you’re in close proximity, the greater the chance to catch it.

Just for you MOnica.

Sago

I really believe some people want this pandemic to continue with all the drama, scaremongering and unnecessary lockdowns.
The papers print a load of tosh that’s been padded out with ridiculous “facts”, I no longer read anything with a COVID headline.
I do a weekly shop, I sanitise my hands first then as soon as as I’m in my car then wash hands with soap and water when home, in the meantime I keep my hands away from my face.
Why don’t we all just use some basic common sense?

How do you work out that some people want this pandemic to continue (apart from those making a profit from dodgy contracts)?

Most people want it to stop or, at least, be controlled. How can you protect yourself and others, if you don't take any notice of anything with a Covid headline?

Just stick to reputable sources. Unfortunately, "common sense" isn't very reliable.

Yesterday morning I did an in-store shop at my local Sainsburys. Monday morning has been my preferred week shopping day since I retired some eleven years ago. Went weekly right through the Lockdown times.

Having now got rid of my car - I use home deliveries most weeks but do enjoy a mooch round the supermarket once a month - buses take me there and back again.

I was astonished at how empty this Supermarket was now. Really very few customers in there Definitely nodnger of catching anything, never came anywhere close to anyone else. However, I do now have concerns as to how mosubstainable it is to keep these very large buildings operating if customers are now not going in to the them. Sure weekends may be different....BUT that will not be enough.

The town I live in has so many Supermarkets - most of them very large. Think it will not be many years before we see these closing down. Will be more economic for these companies just to have cheaper to run large warehouses for home deliveries.

Within the next decade I can see many people bemoaning the fact that they can no longer into any supermarket and those [properties will all be turned into flats/housing sites. Will be too late then, so perhaps people want to keep these facilities they should start to use them.

I really believe some people want this pandemic to continue with all the drama, scaremongering and unnecessary lockdowns.
The papers print a load of tosh that’s been padded out with ridiculous “facts”, I no longer read anything with a COVID headline.
I do a weekly shop, I sanitise my hands first then as soon as as I’m in my car then wash hands with soap and water when home, in the meantime I keep my hands away from my face.
Why don’t we all just use some basic common sense?

It depends what time and day you shop. Sometimes the shops are full, sometimes empty. I avoid weekends because they are so crowded but if you shop here on,say, Tuesday, the shops are not crowded, very empty in fact. If you are really concerned you can shop either very early in the morning or late at night. You could shoot peas down the aisles, no one there.

Ali08

I saw that, too. But immediately thought, "But if you get your shopping delivered, aren't you at the same, or higher, risk because those people delivering it have been in contact with lord-who-knows-what and could still pass it on to us!!
So, take your chances either way, or die of starvation!

I have hardly been into a supermarket for years. How do you work out that people who have home deliveries are at the same or higher risk?

The masked delivery drivers leave the shopping on my step and stand back. I then transfer everything to bags I keep by the door.

There is almost no risk of a driver passing on infection to me. If the drivers are infected, particles will be breathed out and fall to the ground outside or disappear into the atmosphere. As an additional precaution, I wash my hands after I've handled my shopping.

JaneJudge

I'm pretty sure you can't catch it in Waitrose

What about M & S?

No choice here as there are no supermarket deliveries in rural France.

Oh dear me. We go at least twice a week, sometimes three. We have been doing this since it all began!

I've had my shopping delivered for many years. I never enjoyed going into supermarkets anyway. Still, the silly headlines make little sense. Those who still do a 'weekly shop' probably socialise a lot more too - as they like being surrounded by people, even crowds.

I'd have thought that hospitals are to be avoided - as I've heard of so many people who've caught it there!

If it's any help I think doing internet shopping has done wonders for my mental health. I get supermarket rage

Rosie your response made me laugh, safer in the pub than a supermarket, I think a lot would say that?
I do think that it’s good to have these surveys etc, then we must determine what we feel ok with. For me to just go out once a week would make me very depressed, I, like a lot of others that live alone need that interaction, I have taken every precaution, been vaccinated, wear masks etc. It’s gone on a long time and it’s going to be about a bit longer, roll on spring and summer.

Calistemon my neighbour is 87 yrs old. When the weather was good he pottered in his garden and sat in his conservatory. I check on him and get him shopping if he runs out of anything between his daughter's visits as she works a lot at a hospital. He sits with his wee dog reading his papers and doing crosswords, etc and says he's happy just doing that and doesn't want to get sick with Covid. It's so true what your friend said to you, but if this is how my neighbour feels and he is a man with his own views and there is no budging him. He's lucky to have a garden, etc but others aren't so lucky and it must have a terrible affect on some.

Susysue There is nothing wrong with the survey, The reearch was carried out by University College London and shows quite clearly that the more places you go to and the more you mix with people, even if obeying all the rules about masks and distancing, the more likely you are to get COVID, which is what one would expect, but it always pays to investigate the obvious because sometimes the obvious is not true.

The problem then is that once people have made up their minds, they do not like to change them. There is so much research that shows that once people have made up their minds, no matter how much evidence they are given that they have made the wrong decision, they will not change their mind

This survey is a classic example. So many people read reports that said this survey said that you were more likely to catch COVID if you went to a supermarket, that even when it is shown that the newspapers completely misrepresented what the report said, and that the survey was a respectable piece of academic research from a highly reputable academic source. They still keep regurgitating the same inaccurate information and getting all worked up about it.

As research has shown, they have made up their mind and refuse to be confused by the facts.

This type of over exaggerated and to be honest unscientifically proven rubbish which some people take as gospel is why the media have thrived on all their scaremongering about covid over the past 2 years!! It is absolutely ridiculous and should be stamped out. As someone said, they were at it again at start of December with the nonsense about lack of turkeys. I went into morrisons on Christmas Eve and I could have had the pick of a whole shelf full of turkeys, HALF PRICE, along with all the veg etc. Honestly let's get a grip on this!! This virus is not going away but with vaccines and boosters, scientists are now saying it needs to be looked upon like the flu. The minority who have refused or not had their vaccines are the ones who remain at risk.

I saw that, too. But immediately thought, "But if you get your shopping delivered, aren't you at the same, or higher, risk because those people delivering it have been in contact with lord-who-knows-what and could still pass it on to us!!
So, take your chances either way, or die of starvation!

Another who has been shopping throughout, and haven’t caught Covid. I’ve also been to the cinema and theatre. I was twice allowed into my DH’s room in the nursing home when he had Covid in April 2020, I think because they thought he was dying. I wore mask, gloves and apron, and took a dressing gown to wear on top of my clothes, then immediately put it in a plastic bag when I got outside, then straight into the washing machine when I got home. He survived, but died in December 2020, in hospital, where, thankfully, I was allowed to be with him. That was all before my first vaccination. We’ll never know whether it’s down to immunity or luck. I’ve followed all the instructions to the best of my ability, and shopped in Asda at 9.00pm. By the time I left, mine was usually the only car in the car park.

My neighbour has not been out for nearly 2 years because of his age and he doesn't want to get Covid and there are others like him.
That is worrying. I'm not going out as much as I used to but I'm not a recluse. How old is he, Alioop?

As someone a bit older than me said "I don't want to catch Covid so am taking sensible precautions but I might die of something else any time and have had a miserable time for years never going out".