Today's shopping adventure was at Whole Foods. Not crowded, which helped. But a joke! The hot foods counters were closed, the salad bar was closed, no prepared foods at all. The bakery had 1/3 to 1/2 of its usual stock. The sandwich counter was open, but they had only two loaves of bread, both challah. No lettuce. No avocado. The produce aisles were fairly bare, as well, and NO carrots! (I especially wanted carrots.) Many of the shelves of staples were low. I had brought my reusable shopping bags, but was told that I'd have to pack them myself -- the cashier wouldn't touch them, even with gloves on. I don't mind packing them (it was only one), but it seems to me that some of these measures make no sense.
Have any of the officials who are making lockdown decisions actually tried going shopping recently? I support social distancing, but we need to find ways to do it sensibly. And we all still need to eat.
