Corona OCD

[JamesMay82]

Just curious how many of you are going down the route of wiping down all your groceries before you put them away?

I've been doing it but loads of peeps I know aren't! just wondering what peeps on here are doing?

 

[orbital~debris]

Yep, doing a combination of that sometimes, plus a quarantine zone in utility room (and fridge) for newly delivered groceries. Has been our protocol since early March…

 

[maflynn]

nope, haven't done this once ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[D.T.]

Yep. It adds about 20-25 minutes to putting away the weekly supply run, and why not? If it winds up being unnecessary it was a trivial amount of extra time spent (which we have in surplus), and it might have helped.
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Yep, doing a combination of that sometimes, plus a quarantine zone in utility room (and fridge) for newly delivered groceries. Has been our protocol since early March…

Yeah, we've been trying to remove things from packaging, like opening an Amazon box in the garage, dumping out the contents, taking it immediately to the recycle bin, and when washing hands thoroughly.

We stage the groceries too, try to keep as much packaging out of the house as possible. Hahaha, sometimes I text the wife when I'm coming back from a run ... "Entering the outside airlock with hot supplies, disinfectant team one stand by ..."

 

[jkcerda]

wife does it.

 

[2984839]

I thought about it, but I never bother. Just don't care anymore.

 

[Gutwrench]

No but I wouldn’t blame anyone who did.

 

[hallux]

If it's going in the freezer I'm likely not wiping it down as it'll frozen for several days before touching again AND will be cooked before consumption. If it's going in the fridge and won't be cooked I'm likely to wipe it down but if it'll be cooked it's not really needed. Anything for "dry" storage is certainly getting wiped down, especially if I'll be touching it for use within the next week.

Of more concern is the take-out food. I try to get hot food, put the packaging on a (turned off) stove burner, open it, wash my hands and then move the food from the container to a plate. Once I'm done eating I'll neaten up the packaging and stage it off to the side (off the counter someplace) in the kitchen until trash day, then wash hands again.

 

[44267547]

Rule #1: You do not take home open produce from the grocery store.

Rule #2: You do not take home open produce from the grocery store.

{That was a slight ode from Tyler Durden in ‘Fight club’ for those who didn’t figure that out.😁}

Seriously though, I follow a highly respected infectious disease doctor in my state who is interviewed/blogs daily, and he said he believes the worst possible thing you could do in a grocery store, is bring home ‘open produce’ that is free range for anybody to grab from. Meaning like peppers or potatoes, anything of the sort where someone might pick it up, look at it and put it back down with dirty-contaminated hands. That’s a huge No-no. Not to mention, people breathing/sneezing on the produce area. (<— Yeah, no thanks.)

The only way I will bring produce home, is if it’s [prepackaged/bagged] it’s not exposed for someone to touch it.

in my state, 80% of C 19 cases are suspected Due to transmission through touching.

Otherwise, I have a complete system of how I manage my groceries when they are brought into my house, it’s a bit extensive, but I don’t take any risks.

 

[mollyc]

No, I don't. I wouldn't find fault with anyone who did and if I lived with someone immunocompromised I likely would take the time to do this. But no, I am not washing down groceries, mail, or deliveries.

 

[orbital~debris]

If it's going in the freezer I'm likely not wiping it down as it'll frozen for several days before touching again

This reminds me, I need to look into whether the freezing/chilling process kills viruses.

Only wondering because I seem to recall that samples being sent for tests are refrigerated to preserve them, so thinking frozen/chilled items might harbour the virus for longer…

 

[0388631]

Not too different from DT. Not weekly though, monthly trips. Benefits of owning numerous fruit trees, I suppose.

 

[Huntn]

I don’t wipe my groceries down. Not sure what I’d wipe them down with. If it’s going into the cupboard for many day, then it’s not an issue, and I wash my hands frequently.

 

[throAU]

Nope, I pack them away and wash my hands.

The virus doesn't last very long on surfaces, by the time I use them it will be dead.

 

[FHoff]

No I haven't done this.

 

[Hikikomori-Yume]

I haven't been doing anything and I don't wear a mask.
I do wash my hands a lot, but I have always done that.
If I end up getting the virus I'll spread it to as many people as possible and then die in peace.

 

[Thomas Veil]

I’m told it’s not necessary to wipe down your groceries, but yes, I’ve been doing it.

I may have no choice about getting older, but I wanna keep on going down that path. 😏

 

[I7guy]

I wear a mask and gloves while shopping. We wipe down the card with wipes. I use apple pay to pay for the groceries. When we get outside the supermarket we discard the gloves and use hand sanitizer. The only precaution is the grocery bags go on the floor. But I don't have any restrictions in terms of what I pick up for groceries and don't wipe anything down. I'm more concerned with people coughing in my face. The phone goes into phone soap as soon as I walk in the house.

 

[Thomas Veil]

I wear a mask and gloves while shopping. We wipe down the card with wipes. I use apple pay to pay for the groceries.

Yes, that too. When I have to use a card, I wipe it off. If I have to hand it to somebody, I wipe if off first.

And the surface the groceries were sitting on? That gets wiped off too.

 

[D.T.]

I use apple pay to pay for the groceries.

We __finally__ got ApplePay at our grocery store (Publix), I was pretty excited, especially with it being contactless, even the signs up say no contact ...


... ugh, for some reason their implementation still requires the PIN for the chargecard associated with the account, i.e., what's the point (other than one less thing to touch I guess ...)

I wonder, if it was a CC vs. a check card, if it wouldn't require the PIN[?]

 

[reden]

I do the same things I've been doing to prevent myself from getting the flu during flu season, and wiping down groceries is something I never did and won't do.

 

[I7guy]

We __finally__ got ApplePay at our grocery store (Publix), I was pretty excited, especially with it being contactless, even the signs up say no contact ...


... ugh, for some reason their implementation still requires the PIN for the chargecard associated with the account, i.e., what's the point (other than one less thing to touch I guess ...)

I wonder, if it was a CC vs. a check card, if it wouldn't require the PIN[?]

I don’t understand either, why some nfc terminals require the pin. The store we shop in For groceries during this time, such as Whole Foods, don’t require a pin. Other stores do require a pin. When I use Amex, of course, as my default card no pin requires. But debit cards as you noted as hit and miss.

 

[44267547]

I wear a mask and gloves while shopping. We wipe down the card with wipes. I use apple pay to pay for the groceries. When we get outside the supermarket we discard the gloves and use hand sanitizer. The only precaution is the grocery bags go on the floor. But I don't have any restrictions in terms of what I pick up for groceries and don't wipe anything down. I'm more concerned with people coughing in my face. The phone goes into phone soap as soon as I walk in the house.

Yeah, I think me and you were talking about this before. And I’m not trying to be inconsiderate, but I won’t shop businesses that doesn’t accept Apple Pay. I don’t even use my debit card anymore (Literally). In my region, even ‘drive-thrus’ will extend the NFC terminal out the window for you to use Apple Pay/android pay.

We all have different degrees of being proactive in terms of battling this pandemic. I respect everybody’s sides differently, some choose not to wear a mask, some choose not to wear gloves, some choose not to wash their hands at all, but as long as those same people that choose to be complacent, have to deal with the repercussions of the aftermath. And that’s perfectly fine, but I’m also finding the ones that are more proactive in holding themselves to a higher standard when it comes to their health, are the ones that are making a difference in setting the example.

I’m an essential worker, and being in a very skilled profession, I take my health very seriously and physical fitness, as you know from the ‘Eating healthy and fitness thread’. There’s nothing more important in this world than your own health, because if you’re not healthy, then what good are you To your craft, livelihood or those around you.

 

[Six0Four]

I bought a 20L jug of 80% liquid hand sanitizer for $250 CAD. It's the only sanitizer that i could find in Canada. I spray down all the door knobs, faucets and toilet flusher. Every time i use a light switch in a shared room in my place i spray my finger with sanitizer first .

I drink diet coke so i bring them home and wash them with soap before putting in my fridge. I wear a mask when i go out. With delivery and take out i open up everything and dispose of it than wash/sanitize my hands than i dig in.

Doing all this is maybe 15 mins out of my day and it helps me sleep at night so it's well worth it. Especially since i have a 63 year old mother with COPD.

 

[AZhappyjack]

Just curious how many of you are going down the route of wiping down all your groceries before you put them away?

I've been doing it but loads of peeps I know aren't! just wondering what peeps on here are doing?

FEAR is the enemy. I have not wiped groceries down one time. No mask, no gloves, and don't wipe down the grocery cart. Immunity only comes by exposure... and personally, I think the whole thing is grossly overblown.

For example, if social distancing is the only solution, and staying separated from the rest of society is the solution, why aren't the homeless dying by the hundreds across this country? When and where do they wash their hands?

I guess, overall, I'm a skeptic.