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Grocery stores are one of the few essential businesses still open during COVID-19, but that does not mean that visiting them is totally safe. It’s important to keep in mind the CDC recommendations concerning social distancing and safety–especially when you are at the store.
Keep reading for the one major mistake you should stop making ASAP when it comes to visiting the grocery store!
Going More Than Once A Week
The best thing you can do right now to help flatten the curve and keep you, your family, and essential workers safe is to limit your interaction with others--this includes how often you go to the grocery store.
Speaking to Vox, Anne-Marie Gloster, a lecturer in the nutritional science program at the University of Washington, suggests limiting your grocery store outings: “If you can get it down to once every week or every two weeks, that’s great.”
Opting for curbside pickup or grocery delivery is even better. However, if that's unavailable, there are other measures that can help reduce your chance of getting sick.
For example, shopping at off-peak times when there are less customers is a good way to limit how many people you are interacting with, making it easier to follow social distancing protocol.
With that in mind, it's also a good idea to go to the grocery store alone if possible. Keeping down the number of customers helps limit the traffic in the stores, making social distancing easier.
Another good way to keep your risk lower? Limit how much time you are spending in the store by making a detailed list beforehand.
Try to go into the grocery trip with a plan so you can get in and out of the store as quickly as possible.
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