Do you think buying at the store or ordering online is more safe from the coronavirus?

Question

I have been doing a lot of online shopping and shopping for groceries only 2x a week.

Is online shopping safer, or just as bad?

Buying online

Go buy it at the store

Select age and gender to cast your vote:

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Answer 1

Soteris

Guru

Staying safe means reducing exposure. Someone who would be paranoid could quite easily operate as normal and that is also under what expectation hospital staff are expected to behave. Essentially as long as you separate contact from "Public" surfaces and "Private" surfaces as well as separate "Public surfaces" and exposure to yourself you should be fine. Basically it means you are careful to not infect yourself while in public and properly clean yourself before you transition to your safe home where you are free to do whatever.

Someone who is not as diligent will find this easier to do the less they have to expose themselves to "public surfaces" so only briefly interacting with someone who delivers your wares and the wares themselves means fewer times you need to clean yourself and less chance you will infect yourself.

Answer 2

matchrestore

Yoda

I think buying online is safer, because there is much less contact, and its much easier to be cautious and wash up after opening and disposing of packaging than it is in the store. I also haven't had to sign for a package since all of this started.

Answer 3

lumos | 134 opinions shared on Shopping & Gifts topic.

Master

I don't know what it's like in other countries, but where I live I think it's more important that the elderly and those in the risk groups get to do their grocery shopping online. If too many shop online, it'll clog up the system and then those in the risk groups will have to wait longer for their food. I'm young and healthy (and am not in contact with anyone belonging to the risk group), so I don't mind potentially exposing myself to the virus a couple of times a week.