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Do you wipe down your groceries at all?
- Thread starter KAMI-SAMA
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Yup, just hand washing after putting stuff away is fine. Hell, even big hand washing before eating is fine, which you should kinda be doing anyway. Surface transmission isn't really a thing unless you lick something someone just sneezed on.
I never did, just washed my hands thoroughly after a lot of outside contact (and still do).
It's not like it hurts to wipe things down if you don't find it an inconvenience. But if the added vigilance is causing you stress and anxiety, like worrying you might forget or accidentally touch your face or "is this REALLY clean" etc., it's probably not worth the realistic risk of surface transmission.
It's not like it hurts to wipe things down if you don't find it an inconvenience. But if the added vigilance is causing you stress and anxiety, like worrying you might forget or accidentally touch your face or "is this REALLY clean" etc., it's probably not worth the realistic risk of surface transmission.
This. It's just not necessary. As long as you wash your hands before putting them anywhere near your face, you should be fine.
Yup got a family member in the vulnerable catergory, people in this town don't seem to give a shit about infection rate and it's shooting up rapidly now. Delivery drivers not wearing masks or abiding the social distancing rules. Doesn't bother me to spend some minutes out my day to protect them.
We still do every time. We do curbside pickup where they just put it all in your trunk. When we get home I throw on gloves and wipe everything down with disinfecting wipes, put it in boxes and my wife takes it inside and puts it away.
No, but I leave many days between buying fruit or veg and then going to eat it, because who knows what grubby paws were handling it in the store.
Yes, my wife and I still begrudgingly wipe down all our groceries.
I know we likely don't have to but it's been so long that we've just gotten used to it. It is a pain in the ass though.
I know we likely don't have to but it's been so long that we've just gotten used to it. It is a pain in the ass though.
Wipe down any outside items I picked up and wipe down the interior of my vehicle the best I can everytime.
At the beginning i did too but yeah they've had experts say its rare so i stopped.
Just make sure you wash your hands a lot
Just make sure you wash your hands a lot
I did at first, but I haven't in months once the experts explained how low the chance of contamination is through that kind of means.
I wash fruit and veg more thoroughly than usual. Otherwise no - I discard outer packaging when possible but that's about it.
I do it.
I also do not believe that it's necessary but it gives me the illusion of control and it isn't a big deal. Honestly I have a couple pre-existing conditions and I don't think I'd be willing to keep living if I caught the thing and it degraded me a bit more. I sometimes find myself having this discussion with myself even where I'm at now.
If it helps reduce the very minor chance of infection from that vector then it's worth the minor hassle.
I also do not believe that it's necessary but it gives me the illusion of control and it isn't a big deal. Honestly I have a couple pre-existing conditions and I don't think I'd be willing to keep living if I caught the thing and it degraded me a bit more. I sometimes find myself having this discussion with myself even where I'm at now.
If it helps reduce the very minor chance of infection from that vector then it's worth the minor hassle.
I'm a food microbiology/infectious disease scientist. I never in my life have washed canned or boxed goods. I rinse vegetables and fruit with water.
Yes, I have since the start of the pandemic but recently I know someone who got covid dispite never leaving thier house or interacting with anyone and the only way they could have gotten it was through a delivery of groceries.
Did in the beginning but then we found out it doesn't stay active on most surfaces for very long, and even then it's hard to catch. I still wash my hands after touching anything though, and even contact with groceries I'll wait a day or two before I feel like they're not poison anymore lol.
No but I wash hands after handling.
Treat the virus like radiation I guess - minimise exposure time and maximise distance to decrease your risk.
Treat the virus like radiation I guess - minimise exposure time and maximise distance to decrease your risk.
What do you mean *thinks*? 🤔 If Santa isnt real then who did he vaccinate at the North Pole?
I did initially, until I realized that we were going to run out of sanitizing wipes quickly.
We set up a shelving unit in our hallway bathroom's tub for extra storage anyway, so everything we bring in from the outside also stays in there for a week before we take it out, unless we move it to a storage container or plastic bag. For frozen / cold stuff, it gets wiped down or we wash our hands whenever we use it.
The risk of transmission via packaging is fairly low anyway (Covid can survive up to 24 hours on cardboard, and up to three days on plastic) so isolating stuff feels like enough, especially since we're usually washing our hands after handing anything like that anyway. The alternative was giving me mild chemical irritation on my hands that lasted for a few days, with the excessive handwashing I'm already doing it was leading to my knuckles cracking and bleeding from dry skin.
We set up a shelving unit in our hallway bathroom's tub for extra storage anyway, so everything we bring in from the outside also stays in there for a week before we take it out, unless we move it to a storage container or plastic bag. For frozen / cold stuff, it gets wiped down or we wash our hands whenever we use it.
The risk of transmission via packaging is fairly low anyway (Covid can survive up to 24 hours on cardboard, and up to three days on plastic) so isolating stuff feels like enough, especially since we're usually washing our hands after handing anything like that anyway. The alternative was giving me mild chemical irritation on my hands that lasted for a few days, with the excessive handwashing I'm already doing it was leading to my knuckles cracking and bleeding from dry skin.
Nah, I never have. I usually just wipe down the cart handle before using it, and use sanitizer in the car when I'm done shopping. Then usually wash my hands again after getting home and putting it up, though I don't always. Maybe it depends on how paranoid I feel after what i saw at the store.
Surface transmission of SARS-CoV2 was really overblown at the beginning of the pandemic and probably isn't a meaningful contributor to spread. Foodborne transmission has literally never been documented.
Meanwhile, we completely underestimated the airborne component, and to some extent still do.
We were just completely miscalibrated to the the nature of this virus.
Meanwhile, we completely underestimated the airborne component, and to some extent still do.
We were just completely miscalibrated to the the nature of this virus.
