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Age 65 and Good Health: Can I get my own groceries?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Apr 4, 2020 | Replies (38)Comment receiving replies
I think you need to do what you are comfortable with at this point... If you are out of food, you'll need to go to the grocery store. When you are there consider getting a few items more than you usually get. I don't mean hoarding, but get a few more cans of shelf stable foods like beans, and vegetables, rice etc just in case your town is locked down. Frozen vegetables too. I don't know if your grocery stores are still well stocked, ours are not. Maybe you can have enough supplies for twice a month instead of weekly trip. Remember try to stay 6 feet away from other shoppers. Some people who later tested positive show no or very little symptoms. It's best to take all precautions. Oh, make sure you wash your hands well after your shopping trip.
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I’d like to add , as an extra layer of precaution, that when I do venture out to the store during non peak hours, I change my clothes when I return and I wipe down the bottom of my shoes or sneakers with disinfecting wipes. I also wipe down the item of every single thing I bought. I’ve always washed the tops of cans with soap and water and used soap and water on vegetables .even onions lol. My knife is going through the skin so I don’t want it contaminated. I have washed my reusable shopping bags but now I switching to plastic. I will still go to the store although not as often and I think, at this point anyway, it’s a good thing psychologically to get out of the house. I will be 79 next month and am healthy. I go for my 2 mile walk around 8 am when there are few people out. I’m trying to do my gym routine faithfully since classes are cancelled.
I could ask my daughter to pick up items for me as my family lives across the breezeway and I do computer work for her so am over there frequently but am now wiping down the work area because she uses it and is out in the assisted facilities . She just signed up for Telehealth so hopefully will be able to see more patients from home. Still, I keep my distance...no more hugs.
Don’t forget to wipe down the cars steering wheel (something I have always done especially when coming out of the gym) . Better to overreact .
I tried to stay 6ft away from someone in line at Publix and they cut in front of me lol. I let it go as he didn’t realize.
FL Mary..Queen of the germaphobes.