Shut the supermarkets ?

[Elephant]

COVID-19: Supermarkets most common places visited before positive test - latest data

PHE collated the data using the NHS Test and Trace app for people who tested positive between 9 and 15 November.

news.sky.com

 

[Andy_Roker1983]

Let the panic buying commence

 

[DEfromBC]

How does Pub/Bar appear in the list of places where transmission has taken place when they are shut ?????

Same goes for Gym, same goes for restaurant

 

[callum]

It does make sense to heighten the push on delivery of shopping - especially for the vulnerable.

 

[Arkle]

Doesn't this mostly reflect that supermarkets are amongst the mostly commonly visited places during lockdown? All it's saying is that 18.3% of those reporting infection during those dates had visited one, not that 18.3% of infections happened there.

 

[Keith S30S]

Schools, colleges and universities for 3 weeks at Xmas would be my suggestion.

 

[the dude]

Doesn't this mostly reflect that supermarkets are amongst the mostly commonly visited places during lockdown? All it's saying is that 18.3% of those reporting infection during those dates had visited one, not that 18.3% of infections happened there.

This. I think you'd have to be really unlucky to get it in a Supermarket. You aren't in close proximity to a person for a long period of time.

 

[herra soul mob]

its the most commonest simply for fact running out of places where come into contact with people. no reason to shut them. something else will go top of the list.

 

[box2box]

I have noticed that they seem to allow far more people into supermarkets than was the case in April / May , surprised numbers weren’t restricted again during LD 2....

 

[Roker Mackem]

Doesn't this mostly reflect that supermarkets are amongst the mostly commonly visited places during lockdown? All it's saying is that 18.3% of those reporting infection during those dates had visited one, not that 18.3% of infections happened there.

Does it not mean common locations? As in the contacts have both been in the supermarket therefore the infection probably happened there?

 

[luvulongtime]

yes why not, what could possibly go wrong

 

[Arkle]

Does it not mean common locations? As in the contacts have both been in the supermarket therefore the infection probably happened there?

Maybe, the article's not exactly clear. I was going off this sentence:

Of those who tested positive for COVID-19 in the days analysed by PHE, 18.3% of them said they had visited a supermarket.

 

[robbied1]

Not heard of any supermarkets where say they've not been able to open as there has been a huge amount of staff have gone done with covid 1 9 .....

 

[ATS]

It does make sense to heighten the push on delivery of shopping - especially for the vulnerable.

I have a delivery pass for Sainsburys which I use for online deliveries all the time , not only during lock down. I have a disabled daughter and don't drive so the only way for me to get my shopping is to get it delivered. However during the last lock down I could barely get a delivery from any supermarket due to demand and this was while the supermarkets were still open. I really don't think it would be at all possible close them and deliver to everyone.

 

[42]

I think I was shot down months ago when I suggested that supermarkets would be rife, and that 22 people kicking a ball about outdoors would be a lot safer than someone in Adsa

 

[Botchie]

Schools, colleges and universities for 3 weeks at Xmas would be my suggestion.

Makes sense. Most University students will be back home anyway. Nothing much will be happening in schools either.

 

[StanleyRednWhite]

I bet some people say supermarkets as not to admit they have been visiting people and not sticking to rules

 

[Botchie]

Mixing in households doesn't appear. There's not a chance people aren't spreading and catching it that way.

 

[callum]

I have a delivery pass for Sainsburys which I use for online deliveries all the time , not only during lock down. I have a disabled daughter and don't drive so the only way for me to get my shopping is to get it delivered. However during the last lock down I could barely get a delivery from any supermarket due to demand and this was while the supermarkets were still open. I really don't think it would be at all possible close them and deliver to everyone.

I do agree.
Just wish there was more cost-benefit analysis from the policy makers. I.e ‘Covid Marshall’s” that patrol the heavily ventilated Park Lane bus station on the daily.
Is that a good use of resources? Probably not.
These guys could be better deployed delivering for various supermarkets.

 

[look out piano]

I have a delivery pass for Sainsburys which I use for online deliveries all the time , not only during lock down. I have a disabled daughter and don't drive so the only way for me to get my shopping is to get it delivered. However during the last lock down I could barely get a delivery from any supermarket due to demand and this was while the supermarkets were still open. I really don't think it would be at all possible close them and deliver to everyone.

Yup same here, I don't drive, am high risk for Covid and rely on deliveries tbh - I've had to bang in one for the next 5 weeks (rather than do 1 each week as the slots will disappear as they've opened up all slots until Christmas week, the Christmas ones at Asda have all gone now for w/c 21/12/20 etc).