Isolating friend (other than shopping and dog walking) tests positive

Sorry that your friend is still unwell. The obvious answer is that she became infected at the supermarket. You can only do your best to avoid it. The advice in the US is that people should wear masks so it makes you wonder if this virus is airborne and you have to breathe. My husband is very vulnerable so I have only been out to walk the dog and have spent a lot of time organising deliveries. It's ok and important to remember why I doing it, not to save time but lives.

i thought wiping down would help as it wipes away, hopefully, the virus, just as soap and water washes it away.
whether it is killed or not, it is moved away from hands or products. that seems better than doing nothing.
i went to Lidl today, inner city, everyone was well behaved. we were kept in an orderly queue outside, not for long, only single shoppers, sanitising gel at entrance, and signs about social distancing. it's not a big shop, so difficult to keep a distance. the staff were helpful and cheery as usual. it's not my nearest shop, but i find some shops difficult; so i was a bit diffident about going, due to risk, and travel involved. they were selling a new anti-viral cleaning spray, so i bought two, and sprayed everything, inc keys, bag handles, products when i got back.
there is risk everywhere, we just have to do our best to minimise it. but your friend sounds like she was just doing what we all have to do, isolating means not going out at all.

Errrmmm ... simply really thereheredear … bacteria and viruses are totally different. Anti-bacterial sprays and washes will have absolutely no effect on viruses. Soap kills coronavirus because it breaks down the fatty membrane.

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Of course antibacterial wipes will kill a virus, even soap & water kills the virus.. Why do you think it won't?

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GagaJo if you feel able I'd also like to know where your friend lives and got tested. My daughter-in-law was sent to hospital by her GP because he was worried about her heart after she's displayed symptoms for 3 weeks now and is still struggling for breath and experiencing pain in her left chest. Thankfully the tests showed her heart is undamaged, but still she wasn't tested for CV because "only seriously ill patients in hospital" re tested. I could scream, we need to know what she is fighting. The hospital said she is having a sever reaction to "a virus" but won't try to identify which.

I wear a mask as well as gloves. The aerosol from a cough or sneeze can travel up to 10 metres at speed and carry viral material and bacteria at a significant enough height to reach other people's faces.

I think the idea is that the NHS will be better able to cope with us then, rather than us oldies being part of the rush now.

Antibacterial wipes will not kill a virus kaz.

Wearing gloves is good, but don't use the same hand to push the trolley and pick up your food.

Is she sure she has it?

My relatives who work in key areas, NHS and carers have not been able to be tested yet

But how long are we going to do this for? I guess the virus will still be there after the three months self isolation!

I am afraid that isn't self isolating, just social distancing. Self isolating is keeping away from anyone, even if living with them.

Unfortunately whilst social distancing you do come into contact with other people and you can catch the virus.

I am 60 and my husband 65 but he has chronic asthma and a minor heart problem. He is high risk so cannot go out at all, but I am expected to carry on shopping for us.

I worry every time I leave the house even though I wear gloves, wipe down supermarket trolleys with antibacterial hand wipes before using, take of my gloves when finished with the trolley, then wipe my steering wheel down, I wait at the end of isles until they are empty and come home exhausted and often in tears as I don't know if I have bought the virus home. If you go out there is a chance that you can bring Corona virus back.

So your friend has probably been sensible, but that doesn't mean you will not catch the virus.

Please let me know how she got a test.
My DN, who is a nurse, hasn't had one after feeling ill.

No, she's at home. But bed bound at the moment. She was limiting herself to the supermarket once a week. Like most people, she thought her measures were enough.

No. I'm with you Summerlove. I'm in lockdown.

I hope she gets well soon. I worry about going to the supermarket once a week but needs must. Don't worry about walking our dogs as much as it's much easier to keep a safe distance.

If the virus was visible you’d be surprised where you would see it. Supermarket trolleys/baskets, items on shelves, touch screens and PIN numbers, doors, etc.. Hope she has a mild dose and soon recovers.

How did she manage to get a test? Is she very poorly in hospital?

I hope your friend gets better but that is exactly why I don’t go shopping and only go out to the garden. I just wouldn’t feel safe doing anything more.

Food shopping then. Supermarkets are far more risky than a walk in a quiet area. I've not set foot in one since the virus emergency.

Well she’s obviously not been indoor the whole time if shopping and walking.

I hope she has a quick recovery