Social distancing is definitely advisable if you should meet someone in surgical scrubs doing their shopping. Firstly, they are probably spreading communicable diseases from their dirty protective clothing to surfaces in the shop. Then they will be taking other bacteria they pick up in the shop back into the hospital to infect their next client. On the other hand, they could just be someone trying to get the sympathy, discounts or queue-jumping benefits which seem to apply to these terribly hard-pressed self-sacrificing staff in the health sector.

honestly, there's everything to what you say in regards to the communicableNESS of her being (thank you for reminding me) ... but with regards to her intent - this woman is a cognitive test away from an asylum - she made remarks every time my son picked up her purchases for her - extremely self deprecating that she was, led me to believe she's either taking some serious "nurse jackie style" drugs or she's completely oxygen depleted - even in her eyes it was a dead giveaway

the "couldn't open her own door part" is what threw us both for a loop about her (she had mentioned she just got off work)

HA! and these are the people handling the needles and meds they insert into patients ...

God Help Us