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Unless you live in a cave I'm not sure you'll be able to reduce your exposure that much. I mean you go to the shops to buy food right? Supermarkets are the lar

Unless you live in a cave I'm not sure you'll be able to reduce your exposure that much. I mean you go to the shops to buy food right? Supermarkets are the largest vector btw

bsder 6y ago
> Supermarkets are the largest vector btw Cite, please. This matches nothing I have seen. The biggest vectors seem to be Number 1: churches and Number 2: bars/restaurants.
- errantmind 6y ago
  Cite, please
- CodeGlitch 6y ago
  Sure: https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-supermarkets-most-common-exposure-setting-for-catching-coronavirus-in-england-latest-data-shows-12136418 https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-supermarkets-most-common... Edit: ok re-reading the article it says supermarkets were the most common place visited before testing positive, but then PHE states this is no proof that is where it's contacted.
  - bsder 6y ago
    In fact, it's almost guaranteed to not be the place where you contracted it. I suspect that the issue is that people are going "Oh, I need a Covid test. If it's positive, I'm going to have to semi-quarantine. Let's stop at the grocery store before getting the test."
- e-dard 6y ago
  I think two things are being confounded here: (1) places most likely to contain people with COVID; and (2) places most likely enable COVID to infect someone. Many people go to supermarkets; they’re like central hubs in a network. It doesn’t mean that as much transmission happen there as in smaller confined places like houses and bars.
- jhayward 6y ago
  You are probably conflating risk of infection per person with total number of persons at risk. It can be true that churches and bars are more risky for those that visit them, while more people get infected at groceries and big-box stores just by dint of high volume at lower risk. Just anecdotally this matches something the mayor of El Paso said a week ago - 33% of their cases were "big-box", followed by bars and restaurants, then "everything else".
- wolco2 6y ago
  Social gatherings and schools followed closely by nurses and old aged homes. Restaurants account for less than 10-15%
StanislavPetrov 6y ago
>I mean you go to the shops to buy food right? I live in New York and haven't been to a supermarket since March. It isn't hard to reduce your exposure to near zero if you have the gumption and the resources.

Unless you live in a cave I'm not sure you'll be able to reduce your exposure that much. I mean you go to the shops to buy food right? Supermarkets are the largest vector btw

bsder 6y ago

> Supermarkets are the largest vector btw Cite, please. This matches nothing I have seen. The biggest vectors seem to be Number 1: churches and Number 2: bars/restaurants.

errantmind 6y ago
Cite, please
CodeGlitch 6y ago
Sure: https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-supermarkets-most-common-exposure-setting-for-catching-coronavirus-in-england-latest-data-shows-12136418 https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-supermarkets-most-common... Edit: ok re-reading the article it says supermarkets were the most common place visited before testing positive, but then PHE states this is no proof that is where it's contacted.
- bsder 6y ago
  In fact, it's almost guaranteed to not be the place where you contracted it. I suspect that the issue is that people are going "Oh, I need a Covid test. If it's positive, I'm going to have to semi-quarantine. Let's stop at the grocery store before getting the test."
e-dard 6y ago
I think two things are being confounded here: (1) places most likely to contain people with COVID; and (2) places most likely enable COVID to infect someone. Many people go to supermarkets; they’re like central hubs in a network. It doesn’t mean that as much transmission happen there as in smaller confined places like houses and bars.
jhayward 6y ago
You are probably conflating risk of infection per person with total number of persons at risk. It can be true that churches and bars are more risky for those that visit them, while more people get infected at groceries and big-box stores just by dint of high volume at lower risk. Just anecdotally this matches something the mayor of El Paso said a week ago - 33% of their cases were "big-box", followed by bars and restaurants, then "everything else".
wolco2 6y ago
Social gatherings and schools followed closely by nurses and old aged homes. Restaurants account for less than 10-15%

StanislavPetrov 6y ago

>I mean you go to the shops to buy food right? I live in New York and haven't been to a supermarket since March. It isn't hard to reduce your exposure to near zero if you have the gumption and the resources.