Supermarket when you’re covid positive

[GemGEmGemster]

Not to start a bunfight, I just want to know. Would you go supermarket shopping when you were testing positive?

All these people saying they’d go but during a quiet time, what about the store staff? A local supermarket to me have just had 10 staff off positive recently (around a 3rd of the total staff). Working with the public everyday makes them more susceptible and while they were absent it caused extra pressure to those still working.

that why you can order a supermarket delivery.

Not necessarily, depends on area. Just because you have access to that doesn't mean everyone does

@Fluff3

As an NHS nurse working on the wards, no I wouldnt, people who go out knowing they have Covid are, in my opinion very selfish. This pandemic is far from over for the NHS. The hospitals are still full of Covid patients and people who are knowingly going out after testing positive are making this situation worse.

People won't be testing positive though as LFTs and PCRs are no longer free. With the cost of living shooting up personally I don't know anyone paying for them, don't blame them. If someone has vague symptoms if they're well enough to be out and about their workplaces will expect them in (including supermarkets) otherwise they won't be paid, and people can't always isolate just in case if it could be covid but isn't a main symptom. Whilst some people are selfish and have been throughout, I blame the government rather than individuals.

Not a chance. Even if I was testing negative. I honestly don't don't anyone living so remotely and wasn't able to contact someone to be able to drop in some groceries.

@Squarecobra

All these people saying they’d go but during a quiet time, what about the store staff? A local supermarket to me have just had 10 staff off positive recently (around a 3rd of the total staff). Working with the public everyday makes them more susceptible and while they were absent it caused extra pressure to those still working.

Many shop staff will be positive without knowing or with knowing but being expected in. Due to the shitty decisions the government has made they can't afford to not go into work, and can't get tested. Anywhere you go now really sadly there's a chance someone will be positive.

@mussymummy

No way don't be so fuckibg selfish that why you can order a supermarket delivery. I have cancer as does a close family member and its because of assholes with that mentality that makes us wary to go out

There are no supermarket delivery slots available until well into next week where I am. There's also a minimum charge of £40, even if you can get a slot. What happens if you can't afford that? Or if you don't have friends or family to help? Are people who need to eat and have no choice but to go to the shop 'assholes'?

Also bear in mind that many supermarkets now insist their staff come into work even if they test positive, if they're well enough. So you're likely to be exposed to covid even if none of the customers have it.

@Lizzieee2727

Not a chance. Even if I was testing negative. I honestly don't don't anyone living so remotely and wasn't able to contact someone to be able to drop in some groceries.

You really can't imagine a situation where someone can't afford/get a delivery slot, or doesn't have friends or relatives locally?

No I absolutely would not. It would be incredibly selfish to do so - you don't know if you could pass it on to someone else who gives it to an elderly or very vulnerable person who subsequently becomes very ill or dies as a result

1. I would probably have enough food in the house to last me for a week or 10 days. Might not have the wherewithal for meals I would like - but I wouldn't starve. So the first thing I would consider is whether I could manage with what I already have in the house, even if it's not ideal. Is it an absolute necessity that I have to have some shopping done? I might LIKE to have some things I am out of but is it an absolute necessity? And if so when does it need to be done by?

1. Could I manage with what I have in the house by getting a couple of takeaways in addition to what I already have in the house if I have some stuff in the house?

1. Can I get an order for online shopping for delivery in my required time-frame ? Slots are easier to get now too

1. If I absolutely needed Groceries to the point that I would have literally nothing to eat for days on end - can I place an order online for click and collect? Several options here:

Could I ask a family member, friend or even a neighbour to collect it for me? If you know a neighbour even a little bit, they may be willing to collect it for me in an Emergency.

Could I ask for help for someone to collect my shopping on a local FB Community page?

If I HAD to do it myself I would be trying to get it from a store who lets you click outside the store than inside the store

And finally, only if ALL else fails, if I had to go into the supermarket I would go mid-evening when it will be quiet, well masked up, wearing gloves and avoid other people - and get in and out as quickly as I could - but I wouldn't expect to have to for the reasons above

@Lovemusic33

I would try my best not too, though I’m getting close to having to go, I’m on day 6, still positive, single parent and struggling to get food deliveries, luckily my mum helped me today and dropped off a few things but if I’m still positive in a couple days I may have to venture out. I will go early in the morning and will be masked.

I think you only have to isolate for 5 days now.

I don't test so wouldn't know.
If I was testing it would be because I was prepared to isolate if positive, not much point otherwise.

@Squarecobra

All these people saying they’d go but during a quiet time, what about the store staff? A local supermarket to me have just had 10 staff off positive recently (around a 3rd of the total staff). Working with the public everyday makes them more susceptible and while they were absent it caused extra pressure to those still working.

It's about minimising. Better to go when there is few rather than many.

Absolutely not. I wouldn’t want risk spreading it, especially as practically no one is bothering to wear masks

Definitely, but I’d wear a mask and keep my distance.

No, I would not dream of it, as there are some people who are more clinically vulnerable than me..

I had to go into the Co-op when I was positive last week as our prepayment gas had ran out. My gas isn't on a smart meter so I still have to physically go into a shop to top up. The only people I have who could help are my parents and they were also positive (DS passed it to all of us 🙄).

Depends if I was unwell and coughing, or symptom free. I still wear a mask in the supermarket anyway, and I think we know that now there's no free testing there will be lots of positive people, aware or otherwise, that will be out shopping. Wouldn't panic about it at this stage.

If I actually tested positive I doubt I would - but I'm unlikely to test now unless feeling very unwell, and then wouldn't be wanting to go out anyway. If you've seen the latest list of possible Covid symptoms, it's basically like any cold/virus - are people really going to pay for a test every time they have a minor sniffle or headache? So doubtful most people would know if they were positive at this stage.

i would never go out if i was positive, one of my neighbours has had it 3 times and she just went out, hanging over kids prams and not wearing a mask. i had covid about a month ago, i live on my own so that was okay, i needed shopping so i ordered online, i asked the guy to leave the crates as i was positive. i think going out even with a mask on is a bit selfish.

@nexus63

i would never go out if i was positive, one of my neighbours has had it 3 times and she just went out, hanging over kids prams and not wearing a mask. i had covid about a month ago, i live on my own so that was okay, i needed shopping so i ordered online, i asked the guy to leave the crates as i was positive. i think going out even with a mask on is a bit selfish.

I don’t think there’s a problem with going out if you’re just outdoors and away from other people. That’s practically zero risk. I walked every day when I had covid recently. I wasn’t within 50m of another person. I wouldn’t have gone into any shops though.

[quote R00K]@BonnesVacances

I honestly don't care what you or others think tbh.

If it is OK for people to claim a medical exemption to not wear a mask, because it makes then feel a little bit anxious, then it's now ok for me to do the same. Even the government says that it's now not an issue.[/quote]
Oh well if the (corrupt, only focused on self-interest/votes) Government says, it must be true! 🙄

Your attitude is shameful!

@SookieHouseboat

I don’t think some posters are getting it. There will soon be NO WAY to tell if you have covid. You could have it without one symptom, you’ll never know now.

You are not getting it. The obvious implication is, would you if you know you have it 🤷‍♀️

No.

Well I'm not testing now so if I felt well I would be going out. Supermarkets are not places you are likely to get or pass on Covid anyway unless you stop to chat to someone for 10 mins. I would be passing people in aisles for a split second - highly unlikely to pass it on. I also think I read that Covid rarely spreads through surfaces also so that's not a worry. The most common way people get Covid is from family or seeing friends indoors. Not from the supermarket.

I had covid recently and couldn’t get a delivery slot so ordered click and collect and asked them to put it in bags. They didn’t but I warned the deliverer. I packed it in my own bags as carefully as possible. I wore a mask and so did they. Not sure what else I could do really.

No need, stop being selfish and get it delivered