Poll of the Day > I feel safer from covid at the gym than at the grocery store

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I go to the same gym at the same time every day, and it's always the exact same crowd of ~6-8 people which is lower risk than a revolving crowd. The square footage is about the same as my grocery store. Everyone has their temperature taken and is required to wear a mask. It's spacious enough that people can stay spread out, with plenty of ventilation. Hand sanitizer, disinfectant and wipes are everywhere. Staff are constantly wiping things down, on top of patrons doing the same. They are able to do contact tracing if a case is confirmed because the gym has contact info for everyone who would have been there the same day.

Compare this to the grocery where you're going to encounter different crowds every time. People aren't temperature screened. At mine you're forced into close proximity at the checkout. I've never seen surfaces being disinfected at the grocery aside from occasional touch screen wipedown. I don't see contact tracing being used at the grocery.

Any way you slice it for me... Even given the lower time spent in the store compared to the gym, the risk at the gym comes out lower.

That said I'm still minimizing my social contact otherwise and being tested for covid weekly to be as certain as possible that I'm not negatively affecting others.

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Eh. I'd say it's about the same/slightly lower given the amount of fluid transmission from working out.

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Clench281 posted...

being tested for covid weekly to be as certain as possible that I'm not negatively affecting others.

That seems very excessive. Still a lot of folk pointed out over here you're safer in a pub then in a supermarket yet the hospitality industry is closed until further notice and has been for months. I get it supermarkets are essential stores but that still doesn't change the point. Eh well. I can always chose not to go to these places if I cared that much.


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How do you feel at your house for three weeks? Because if everybody was given the means to just do that I think we could be rid of this shit in.. three weeks

wwinterj25 posted...

That seems very excessive. Still a lot of folk pointed out over here you're safer in a pub then in a supermarket yet the hospitality industry is closed until further notice and has been for months. I get it supermarkets are essential stores but that still doesn't change the point. Eh well. I can always chose not to go to these places if I cared that much.

It's an asymptomatic testing program provided by my work, and it's encouraged that everyone do it weekly.

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wwinterj25 posted...

Still a lot of folk pointed out over here you're safer in a pub then in a supermarket

and the UK is doing great with the virus as we all know

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All that heavy mouth breathing reduces the spread of covid. No spittle there.

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Ive never had a problem with people walking around without masks at my gym, but every single time I go to the aldis next door, theres always the early morning crowd of old people just walking around that place Willy-nilly. One lady kept pointing out people to her husband (also unmasked) and smirking about covering your face. Its hellworld down here.

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Clench281 posted...

At mine you're forced into close proximity at the checkout

Unfortunate. Our checkout lines still have 6ft markers and only one person can be at checkout at the time which they wipe down.

Clench281 posted...

I've never seen surfaces being disinfected at the grocery aside from occasional touch screen wipedown.

Yeah it's hard to wipe down a full grocery store. Ours has people use hand sanitizer at the entrance line and wipes down checkout areas, carts, baskets, and bag loading areas (you have to put your items in your reusable bags in designated areas outside). I've seen fridge handles wipes occasionally.

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What I want to know is how are so many fools still wearing masks on their damn chins while walking around

is it on purpose? And Im sorry if youve got a weird face or something but its been nearly a year, if you cant keep your mask over your nose then you need to get yourself a mask that actually fits your face

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Clench281 posted...

It's an asymptomatic testing program provided by my work, and it's encouraged that everyone do it weekly.

Fair.

Kanatteru posted...

and the UK is doing great with the virus as we all know

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Yeah. I mean, I think many people agreed already. I was hoping my gym would go back to 24 hours soon. I feel that would lower the risk even more, tbh...

Clench281 posted...

At mine you're forced into close proximity at the checkout.

For this, it just depends on the store...

Clench281 posted...

It's an asymptomatic testing program provided by my work

So it basically making sure you don't have the symptoms?

MICHALECOLE posted...

Because if everybody was given the means to just do that I think we could be rid of this shit in.. three weeks

I'd feel it be hard to do that. For a bunch of different reasons. Though, it would also require people in the same house to stay away from anyone in the house that has it...
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LinkPizza posted...

So it basically making sure you don't have the symptoms?

No, it's covid testing for people who are asymptomatic. When the test positivity rate is low (like with an asymptomatic population) you can pool many samples together and run it as a single test. If it comes back negative, then you can tell everyone in that pool that the test was negative.

If the pool tests positive, then the samples are tested individually to determine which caused the initial positive result in the pool.

This is only effective when the test positivity rate is low, otherwise you end up retesting everyone individually, undermining the point of pooled testing.

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Clench281 posted...

No, it's covid testing for people who are asymptomatic.

Oh. I'm surprise that allow that. I remember when it was hard to get a test even when you had symptoms. And now, they can give everybody a test weekly...
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See my edit

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Ah. I see. They do that with drug testing on base, as well...
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I feel the same way. It's always the same few people, we're all wearing masks and wiping down the equipment before and after use. People in grocery stores fondle everything and have no sense of personal space

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I agree with this at face value, but at the same time I feel safer going to just the grocery than going to the grocery store and going to the gym regardless of whether or not the gym alone is safer. That said, if you have the ability to do grocery pickup and you're not doing it, then you're doing this all wrong anyway.

I guess that makes sense, but I need to go to the grocery more than I need to go to the gym. And I also have no idea how safe it is gym to gym, which would require me to go to them a few times to get a feel, but it's not a place you can just walk in freely like a grocery. For you I assume you already had a place you go but for me I had just wrapped up my membership at one place and was looking for a new one right when the pandemic hit.

kosherliberian posted...

That said, if you have the ability to do grocery pickup and you're not doing it, then you're doing this all wrong anyway.

I don't agree. But that's because shopping in there works much better for me. I'll forget pretty much everything I need, and have to do it like everyday to pick up more stuff...
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Saw this on CE and thought I'd bring it here before this troll topic purges:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/79315970

Because of course gyms are super-spreader sites. Anybody who feels safer in a gym needs a reality check.

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Zeus posted...

Saw this on CE and thought I'd bring it here before this troll topic purges:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/79315970

Because of course gyms are super-spreader sites. Anybody who feels safer in a gym needs a reality check.

I am not surprised that fitness classes held in rooms instead of the ventilated open area of the gym, plus with mask use not being enforced, would result in transmissions.

Of course, I don't attend such classes or patronize a gym that allows people to remove masks.

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Zeus posted...

Saw this on CE and thought I'd bring it here before this troll topic purges:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/79315970

Because of course gyms are super-spreader sites. Anybody who feels safer in a gym needs a reality check.

It based on a lot of stuff. For example, mask use, the size of the rooms, how often things are cleaned, the number of people, etc...

Some guns are pretty safe, while others arent. Grocery store are pretty bad, though. People constantly picking up and putting down stuff, many people not wearing masks, and some of them dont wipe stuff down as often. Its not a troll topic. Its easy to understand why some gyms arent as bad as others...
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Well there are alternatives to going to the store, home delivery of groceries is available in a lot of cities now. Some stores also do contactless pickup, where you can order stuff then drive by to pick it up and they will put it in your car's trunk or something.

Monopoman posted...

Well there are alternatives to going to the store, home delivery of groceries is available in a lot of cities now. Some stores also do contactless pickup, where you can order stuff then drive by to pick it up and they will put it in your car's trunk or something.

Its true. Those do work well for some people...
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Monopoman posted...

Well there are alternatives to going to the store,

There are also alternatives to going to the gym...

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SunWuKung420 posted...

There are also alternatives to going to the gym...

There are... Though, the choices could be very limited depending on what you do at the gym...
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SunWuKung420 posted...

There are also alternatives to going to the gym...

Most people don't have a very good home gym, if they did they wouldn't go to a public gym. Now depending on how seriously you take a work out then sure a gym might not be required, but most hardcore gym goers take that shit pretty seriously.

I think the biggest thing that keeps most from having a good home gym is lack of space, that and buying a ton of equipment could be very costly.

Anyways my point was that in todays world you don't have to step into a grocery store if you don't want to, shit companies are trying very hard to find more ways to serve those that are wary of doing so because of Covid. Taco Bell just put out a drive thru only restaurant that has 0 contact with humans, the humans make the food then an automated system brings the bag of the food to the buyer.

10-20 years ago going to grocery stores was required period, getting home delivery or just driving by and having someone bring it out wasn't a thing. Assuming you did at least some dining at home, obviously someone could eat out for every meal of the day but that gets expensive.

LinkPizza posted...

many people not wearing masks

I'm glad I don't have to deal with idiots where I live

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I don't go to either.