Why not quarantine McDonald's and ban soda pop?

[Emergent]

With all this talk about the Coronavirus, and all the risks to the vulnerable population, why aren't we banning junk food and soda pop?

We are severely impacting our economy because of this concerning virus, yet the very real things that are threatening more people, and compromising their health, is okay with the government.

The dietary habits of America are appalling. They have decreased the general health of the population greatly. We have mitigated that with expensive medications and treatments. But wouldn't it be better if we did things to prevent these problems?

Yet, the state is taking drastic measures to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. This is a question worth asking.

[herring_RN, ASN, BSN]

On 4/25/2020 at 12:53 PM, toomuchbaloney said:

I didn't say fast food was cheaper than anything. Convenience foods are not the same as eating at McDonalds. Lots of working poor live in food deserts and may not have the same shopping options or choices.

Yes, lots of us eat nutritious meals very inexpensively. Lots of people find that more difficult.

I think that it may gain traction. Millions of Americans have suddenly found themselves without health insurance and may begin to think differently about it.

Amid coronavirus, 'food deserts' thinly stretch aid groups

The coronavirus pandemic has heightened the problem of food insecurity in many areas of the US already classified as “food deserts”— swaths of the country where people lack access to affordable, nutritious food.

Dave Barringer, CEO for the National Council of the U.S. Society of St. Vincent de Paul, told CNA that across the country, the organization’s food banks have seen a fourfold increase in demand...

... "What we're seeing, especially in urban areas where you don't have as many grocery stores to begin with...African American and impoverished neighborhoods— that's where the food crisis is the worst," Barringer told CNA.

"The first people that got laid off were those in minimum wage jobs...jobs where they needed to be there every day to be paid. It wasn't a salary. And so they're out of work, they can't go to the store, and they don't have an income," he said...

... While the problem of food insecurity on the global scale is most acute in sub-Saharan Africa, people in many areas of the US such as inner cities and vast swaths of the west also live in food deserts...

... An estimated 2.3 million US households, or 2.2%, live more than a mile from a grocery store and lack access to a vehicle, the USDA says, meaning many must rely on public transportation or walk...

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/amid-coronavirus-food-deserts-thinly-stretch-aid-groups-98169