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In Bulgaria between 8.30 and 10.30 shops are open for the elderly only. I'm not sure how effective this is but it strikes me as a good low tech move.
by Lucadg 6y ago
In Bulgaria between 8.30 and 10.30 shops are open for the elderly only.
I'm not sure how effective this is but it strikes me as a good low tech move.
- threentaway 6y agoSome stores in Washington state (US) have elected to implement this, but it is not a legal requirement.
- bpye 6y agoHappening in Canada as well, Save-On-Foods, Shoppers Drug Mart, Real Canadian Superstore and London Drugs at least - there may be others. London Drugs have also added an hour for healthcare workers and first responders at the end of the day.
- philliphaydon 6y agoSingapore does 7am till 8am, you need a senior citizen card, or be taking care of a senior citizen / person with disability to get in during this time. I think this is really great. When I go it's often crowded because people are still panicking.
- Brakenshire 6y agoI’m not sure it’s a great idea because older people are far more likely to catch the disease, so you’re crowding the most susceptible, most at-risk demographic together. But I’m not sure there’s an alternative. It’s better if the hours are longer.
- philliphaydon 6y agoAlot of super markets in Singapore are 24/7, a lot of the elderly wear masks, and for the most part people adhere to social distancing. The spread is minimal in Singapore.
- Brakenshire 6y agoBritish supermarkets have bizarrely cut their hours. Presumably the idea is that staff can stock shelves while distancing from customers, but the effect is to crowd customers together and increase queues.
- saiya-jin 6y agoSame is Slovakia. When looking on handling the covid spread, it seems that generally central/east european countries are doing surprisingly good job compared to western europe, which is rather clueless and is paying/will a rather pay high price for this incompetence.
- ashwoods 6y agoI think it’s far too soon , and naive, to make such a statement. It’s easy to see some of the mistakes done by Spain and Italy in hindsight, but I don’t see central and Eastern Europe doing any better.
- Lucadg 6y agoI'm afraid little testing helps keep numbers low. They tested 5000 people since a few days ago in Bulgaria.