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The Simpsons writers are unhappy about this video trending.
No. Not everyone cooks. Some people have limited food storage space. Grocery stores are decimated. Some people drive a not insignificant distance for work & don’t want to eat in their car. Some people are traveling & not at home. Some people know the risks but are willing to chance it to get out of the house &/or meet with someone. Some people may want to do something special for an anniversary or birthday.
Is there anyone who doesn’t know that drinking & driving is a bad idea, yet tens of thousands are arrested for that every year.
MrsRico has decided I’m not driving toward Sacramento (3 hrs round trip) on Tuesday so my fast-food options have dropped to zilch. Instead it’ll be a snackless shorter day in the county seat (1 hr round trip). I could postpone - if I could be sure any postponement wouldn’t be indefinite. The uncertainty is maddening.
Meanwhile, our governor has asked (not ordered) all taverns, wineries and brewpubs to close. Will the local biker bar submit? A nearby old-farts’ bar is dark. Will the taco wagons be gone?
You should spoiler that shit, or at least add a trigger warning.
There’s also just a question of scale. If I get food from a restaurant, I am being exposed to what? Maybe 3-4 more people who might have had enough contact with my food to leave virus all over it? If I go out in public and stay there–sit at a table in a restaurant, have a drink at a bar–I am being exposed to so many more–the ones in the room with me and the ones that were there before, as well. More than that, I am exposing others to me in a way I am not if all I do is order on an app, pay on an app, run in and out. My main reason for social distancing is not to protect myself–I’d probably be fine if I got it–but to keep from giving it to someone more fragile.
I would not expect the virus to last on food, especially if, like me, you usually wind up warming up the food once you get home because it’s too cold. And, of course, don’t touch your face before you wash your hands after getting the food. The virus dies pretty quickly on packages, so I suspect it would be fine by the time you get home.
I’m much more concerned about my church deciding to run a daycare for the kids who will be out of school. I get the impetus–parents needing a place to send their kids and to get them fed–but those are worse than schools for germs. I hope that most parents will do what they can to avoid that situation, leaving kids who are old enough at home, having other older kids watch younger kids, getting younger baby sitters, and so on. And I hope the church will spread the other kids out.
If people are still ordering from food delivery services, then clearly the problem (for consumers) isn’t the food, it’s the dining facilities.
I’ve been told that they use turmeric as colouring agent, that gives then a lovely saffron look for a fraction of the price. Beats egg in your face.
I don’t personally plan to cut back on my occasional fast food runs, but the danger in any case would I think be more customers shedding virus on door handles, tables, etc then a worker contaminating my food.
Of course, a single infected worker would swamp that, so I could be completely wrong.
I just tried to order a pizza by phone and was told that I have to order and prepay through the company’s website. Fine by me. I go to the website and it looks like they’ve nearly doubled their prices. There was a lot of information about new procedures, like the delivery person setting the order down and standing back until you pick it up and go inside. Anyone hear of anything similar?
Yes.
Reported.