Welcome to Axis ProRata, where we usually take 10 minutes to get you smarter on the collision of tech, business, and politics, but this is a special 15-minute Saturday edition on how the coronavirus is impacting our lives and our economy, tied to a new Axios deep dive that will be published later today at Axios.com.

I'm Dan Permac. So let's start

with what's closest to home, how we should eat, how we should shop, and otherwise live our lives

while being asked to keep our distance. And for answers, I am joined by Axios reporter Steph Kite.

So, Steph, let's start with the simplest. So many of us have been told not to leave our homes

or try not to leave our homes or try

not to leave our homes, but obviously we need to eat. And if we go to grocery stores, we almost

can't help but being within six feet of people. So what exactly are we supposed to do to get food?

At this point, according to several of the experts, it's still okay to be going to grocery

stores to get your food. Of course, experts recommend that you

avoid being in close contact with people and take precautions like wiping down a grocery cart or a

basket before you use it. Try not to touch lots of shelves and lots of things while you're in there,

trying to keep your distance from people, maybe going right after a store opens or near closing time, times of the day when there might be fewer people

around. But at this point, it is still okay to go to the store and get what you need. That's something

that's considered necessary. So even in places like California, where they're really cracking down on

people remaining in their homes. It's still

okay to carefully go out and get the food that you need to survive. What about ordering food to your

house, delivery, which in theory, at least put somebody else at risk, right? Because they have to be

working at a shop and get in their car and then come to where you live. Is it considered that

delivery is better than say takeout, take out better than delivery, don't do either

one? Actually, both options are okay, especially because there's been some new research recently

by the New England Journal that shows that when it comes to contamination, when it comes to getting

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