Man this is all so elementary I kind of feel bad you spent that much time thinking and typing that out.
In our small town, elderly people mostly sequestered themselves around March 10, as my own grandmother did. She hasn’t left her home since. The churches and citizens volunteered to deliver all the basic needs, peace meals, etc to those at risk or unable to safely get their own goods. Gloves and now masks are worn for delivery and are changed between deliveries.
I would really like to see some national data that shows the foot traffic density per “essential business”
FFS I remember all the Trib articles a few years ago after Dominick’s closed about all the “Food Deserts” in the heart of Chicago. What about those people?
I see - they just sent all the younger people out to protest, in close quarters, with no masks, calling the government a bunch of overreachers and the pandemic a hoax? While they left grandma at home out of worry? Maybe they're out of a job and being a$troturfed.
If your anecdote it true, it's a tribute to your town. It's clearly not universal nor typical.
The discussion of Food Desert wasn't so much that is "no food", it's that there is "very little healthy food". A lot of Dollar Stores and convenience marts there too, but in Lincoln there is an IGA that's hobbling on its last legs, WalMart, and the Dollar Store. There used to a Kroger and a Jewel as well as a couple butchers and other specialty stores. Now, it's a 50/30/20 split WM/DS/IGA - with nominally the same amount of people going through fewer doors, in fewer aisles, sharing fewer carts.
That sort of consolidation isn't as readily apparent in more urban or even suburban areas.
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