Do you consider getting a takeaway risky?

[Frombeantocupyoufup]

Just wondered. Mentioned to friend on WhatsApp that we are treating ourselves to a takeaway from a local restaurant with dessert etc for DH’s birthday this weekend and she was shocked that we would risk it with the infection rate so high where we are.

I hadn’t considered that it could be spreading via takeaway food etc - surely they have to take precautions?

Well, I am judging knobs having parties. I'm not judging anyone just going to do the normal things they need to do.

I'm also judging those who think the reason I get a delivery is I'm petrified.

@SomewhatBored

How do you get your food if you selflessly forgo your trips to Morrisons? Do live off the land as they call it? Grow own veg, have chickens to lay you eggs etc

No need for that - in this modern world we live in, supermarkets do deliveries!

So its ok to get food delivered from supermarkets but not from takeaways? Do Morrisons delivery drivers have some kind of covid exemption that takeaway drivers don't?
Or are people getting supermarket deliveries because they'd rather someone else take the risks instead of them? Yes very selfless that is. Unless you are isolating, ill, disabled or ECV get your food shop your bloody self, consider the risks of the poor delivery driver and leave the delivery slots for those who actually need them!

No, we have made a point of getting a takeaway once a week, from both the traditional ones and local restaurants who moved to takeaway offerings, since this started as a way to support local businesses as we're still working.

It used to be about once a month before last March.

No i don't think it's a risk. Going to the supermarket definitely is, try to get all my groceries online if possible.

We have takeaways roughly once a week to once every fortnite and to my knowledge me & my family are yet to show any signs of covid.

If you are that worried you can always give it a flash reheat in the oven for 10 mins (covid don't survive high temps) , throw packaging away and wash hands before eating.

I've had 2 this week let's hope it's not😂

@3littlewords

I think takeaway deliveries are fine, and supermarket deliveries are fine. My area always has lots of slots. We live near a big delivery hub. My in laws can't get a delivery, but sadly the driver near me won't do the 300 mile round trip to theirs

People are very riled about this.

As has been frequently pointed out, it's about additional contact. It's not that supermarket deliveries are more or less risky than takeaways. It's that if you're having a takeaway you're still going to need supermarket food as well, but not vice versa.

Wowser. That escalated quickly.

@3littlewords

I’ve been getting my shopping delivered for over a decade. I work full time and don’t want to spend my time at weekends in the supermarket.

Should I cancel it and start going to the shop? Who will that help?

@inkandpen

As has been frequently pointed out, it's about additional contact. It's not that supermarket deliveries are more or less risky than takeaways. It's that if you're having a takeaway you're still going to need supermarket food as well, but not vice versa.

But for every person who orders a delivery who can actually go themselves is an extra contact for the delivery driver and the staff picking the deliveries. So the contacts are still there just not for you, someone else is taking those extra contacts so you don't have too.

[quote SellFridges]@3littlewords

I’ve been getting my shopping delivered for over a decade. I work full time and don’t want to spend my time at weekends in the supermarket.

Should I cancel it and start going to the shop? Who will that help?[/quote]
Its one less unnecessary contact your delivery driver has to make for a start

If the majority of people switched from deliveries to in-store purchasing, wouldn't things become more problematic in and around shops?

We haven't had a takeaway since before the last lockdown, but that's only because we almost never do anyway. But I have a birthday next month and thinking about it. I think it's probably less risky than going to the supermarket as the heat in the food would kill any bugs?. Maybe decant it into hot bowls first and definitely wash hands after handling the containers.

No not at all

It is definitely better for my fruit & veg person that I get a delivery as they asked customers to sign up, they prep deliveries alone and leave on the step.

I don’t think so. But then during lockdown one we would have been fucked if it hadn’t been for takeaways.
Loads of threads back then as well about the nasty take aways staying open and spreading the virus around.

It is a risk in the sense of, if someone has covid and has got the germ on their hands, and they then touch the packaging or food or whatever, it could then transfer to you. So we are careful if we get takeaway (will stop till cases drop more right now) and ensure we don't touch our faces while handling the bags, open on the side and tip all food onto plates without touching it with our hands etc. Then put all the rubbish in a bag, wash our hands and then eat... Gives me a headache planning these things but it settles my mind that I've done everything I can

No

That’s not right. Supermarket food isn’t (usually) cooked, so you will (I hope) wash or rinse your fruit & veg and cook meats etc which will kill most things. As we know a lot of it comes in plastic wrapping which you can discard them wash your hands.

If you order a pizza, once it’s cooked then people are handling that pizza and then you are eating it straight away.

Food poisoning is a greater risk, especially in major cities - look on the council website for their ratings. That said my favourite once got shut down! but I never got sick from them

The amount of people who don’t seem to realise food hygiene (or lack thereof) has always been a thing is hilarious. If she thinks her local takeaways are dodgy, worse horrors than Covid can easily ensue

^^ This. Following the 'what if the takeaway people have covid and cough in your food' paranoia to its logical conclusion, they're saying they'd be happy to eat food that had been coughed on, but for the pandemic.

Some takeaways are dodgy, covid times or not. Some follow the exacting hygiene standards required to the letter, so are cleaner than most home kitchens.

I get takeaway but reheat it in the microwave as additional protection.

If staff are sick and coughing all over the food and using their grubby hands to handle food, potentially have bigger issues than possibly getting CV.
Or is the issue the delivery driver licking the food and coughing all over it?

Threads like this make me glad that my family has had Covid and as a result don't feel anxiety about every little thing (wiping food down, takeaway, neighbours).

You can catch other awful things from a bad takeaway (Norovirus, Food poisoning) or get hit by a car / be in an accident when collecting it