The Best Places To Catch Covid

[Sunk]

// The most frequent location they went to were supermarkets, followed by secondary schools, primary schools and hospitals.

Public Health England (PHE) released the finding as part of its analysis of the NHS’ Test and Trace app between 9 November and 15 November. //

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/covid-supermarkets-uk-exposure-nhs-b1748906.html

They shut the restaurants and pubs. Closed the barbers and gyms. Closed the terraces and the cinemas. And it was the supermarkets and schools all along. Who’d have thought it ?

[jourdain2]

All the smaller shops I visited (pet shops etc.) had very, very safe systems in play - but were still closed down. I have to go to the supermarket. I am always extremely careful - I don't want it, but particularly I don't want it to get to OH at 87. What I noticed today was that, although I don't mask and I retreat and shrink into corners to let people past (that's why I use a supermarket which knows me and doesn't think that lurking =shoplifting), there were lots of masked people shoving rudely past me within a couple of feet. If I get it it won't be my fault, I know that and I never, ever knowingly pass within 2m of (masked) others. Please keep your space, folks, away from we who cannot mask. (I've tried.)

[cashier]

It isn't always feasible or possible to be six and a half feet away from someone.

[New Judge]

//Nitpicking time 2 judge- Yes the lockdown started on 5th November nationally but in Wales we had a firebrake allready and Peter Peddant was right with October if hes in a Teir 3 area like Liverpool or Manchester//

The Welsh "firebreak" began on 23rd October. Manchester entered Tier 3 on the same day. Liverpool entered Tier 3 on 14th October. As far as I can recall, nothing happened on October 31st. But that's enough nits picked for one night.

[youngmafbog]

Has anyone read this properly?

It says these are the most frequent places they went to, not that they actually caught it there.

So I go to the bog 3 times a day, if I get it then that would be the most frequent place I go! (Extreme but to illustrate my point).

And if supermarkets were such hotbeds how come staff didnt drop down in their droves, after all these people had no protection initially unlike others who were clapped.

[iluvmargie]

With regards to supermarkets, it wasn't 'legal' to wear a mask until four months into lockdown, so I never wore one. I always seemed to come away unscathed!

[bobbinwales]

But those who didnt come away unscathed mightnt be here now to tell there story, so am not sure what your saying luvmarjie

[iluvmargie]

bobbinwales - I don't interact with doom and gloom merchants and YOU are the biggest one on here!

[Sqad]

Iluvemargie.....bit harsh on bob^^.
Ymb.......depending as to what you were doing in the toilet three times a day and there was an epidemic of notorious in your household, then a cause and effect situation may come to mind.
Supermarket staff tend to be of the "younger" age group, who may well have had Covid,but were symtomless and their only contribution was to pass the virus on to the costumers.
Lockdown or not to lockdown has divided the populace and scientists with cogent arguments on both sides whilst the effects of the virus is out of control.
A decision has to be made as,on this occasion as ademocratic process has failed.
The decision has been made so I would urge you to support it. It will not be until the end of January before one can conclude whether it was the right or wrong decision.

[Sqad]

notorious should have read novovirus.

[naomi24]

I’m finding regulations all quite bizarre. I know two children in two separate counties who, having been in contact with someone in their class who has tested positive, have been sent home from school, along with all their classmates, to isolate for two weeks. Their older siblings, however, are allowed to continue to go to school. How does that work? I thought one family member in isolation meant the rest of the family must isolate too. It doesn’t make sense to me.

[THECORBYLOON]

"I thought one family member in isolation meant the rest of the family must isolate too. It doesn’t make sense to me."

That is the case only if the isolating person has Covid symptoms or has tested positive for Covid. In your example, neither applies.

[THECORBYLOON]

If it worked the way you thought it did, all those who had been in contact with the others in the wholly isolating household would then also need to self-isolate and so on...

[naomi24]

Corby, the children haven't been tested so no one knows if they're infected or not, but it makes no sense for them to isolate if the rest of the family are carrying on as usual and therefore potentially spreading infection.

[THECORBYLOON]

As they've not been been tested they might have it but but not display the symptoms. That is the reason for their isolating.

If you think the rest of the family needs to self-isolate, what about those folk who came into contact with them, should those others not also be isolating, just in case?

[Peter Pedant]

// Peter Pedant was right with October if he's in a Tier 3 area like Liverpool or Manchester// yup cold dank Manchester

but hey - covid vacc may start on Dec 14th - it looks as tho it might be that early but that the date is embargoed

[Apc2604]

19.10 I seem to be one of the lucky ones to be getting an excellent service still from our Medical practice.