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34. Pay no attention to the check out boy, use a scarf or a kerchief as a mask

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 11:45 PM

Mar 2020

and wash your hands the minute you get in the door...then take a shower and wash the clothes you had on immediately. I used to take a shower before going out. Now I take one the minute I get in. Be sure to wash your HAIR immediately if you are short as the airborne virus is likely to stick to it should someone sneeze on you.

Be careful and stay home as much as possible.

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What's the protocol for making a trip to the grocery? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 OP

The checkout guy is an idiot. Lefta Dissenter Mar 2020 #1

Ditto, idiot, be first to enter store when it opens, they clean at night and air has been exchanged Baclava Mar 2020 #11

Thanks!!! Good practical advice. This is the only trip many Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #15

My local Fred Meyer store only allows seniors at opening for 2 hours. n/t OxQQme Mar 2020 #31

Good point. badhair77 Mar 2020 #51

I saw a guy with a gas mask on at Trader Joe's. Looked kinda WW II -ish style, but then again diva77 Mar 2020 #65

Yeah, I'll second that jberryhill Mar 2020 #38

Here's the glove removal technique from the CDC, for anyone who's interested: NYC Liberal Mar 2020 #56

Yep, don't listen to that idiot, it's been reported the virus... brush Mar 2020 #67

The checkout guy is not a medical authority. icymist Mar 2020 #2

Do whatever makes sense. Any thing is better than nothing. Don't touch face was your hands. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #3

Don't touch your face should probably be don't touch your mouth... brush Mar 2020 #69

The virus doesn't stay in the air. It falls from the air and lands on surfaces, including on humans pnwmom Mar 2020 #4

studies have shown that the virus is suspended in the air for up to three hours Demonaut Mar 2020 #10

Yeah, so? The store employee said that gloves wouldn't help because it's only in the air. nt pnwmom Mar 2020 #12

so he was RIGHT and wrong Demonaut Mar 2020 #14

No, he was wrong, period. Just because a virus is airborne for a time doesn't mean pnwmom Mar 2020 #59

?, he was right about it being airborne, wrong to think gloves don't offer protection Demonaut Mar 2020 #70

But he didn't say it was "airborne, too." pnwmom Mar 2020 #71

I corrected my "too", that was my addition Demonaut Mar 2020 #72

I never said it couldn't be airborne. I said, "Yeah, so?" pnwmom Mar 2020 #73

"The virus doesn't stay in the air"......a wrong and deadly assumption Demonaut Mar 2020 #75

It doesn't stay in the air -- in the cases where it becomes airborne, it only lasts in the air pnwmom Mar 2020 #76

This message was self-deleted by its author Demonaut Mar 2020 #77

Thought there was something new out that said they Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #13

yes Demonaut Mar 2020 #19

about gloves, keeps stuff off your skin. but stuff on the gloves spreads to everything msongs Mar 2020 #5

It persists on surfaces longer than the droplets last in the air (they settle, slowly & irregularly) RockRaven Mar 2020 #6

So I am hearing mask and gloves. No masks here. Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #17

Gloves are better than no gloves, even if masks aren't available. That said, as you shop RockRaven Mar 2020 #40

Last thing I do when I leave any store... magicarpet Mar 2020 #79

And yet most research shows it isn't likely transmitted in air, and not by air, except when highly emmaverybo Mar 2020 #41

I was told all you need to wear is a mask and gloves. The_jackalope Mar 2020 #7

awesome! Demonaut Mar 2020 #9

DUzy!!!! Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #18

Heh SammyWinstonJack Mar 2020 #28

Winner! 2naSalit Mar 2020 #52

+1, uponit7771 Mar 2020 #55

😁 underpants Mar 2020 #78

make a mask, it may look silly but it will become a norm Demonaut Mar 2020 #8

Make a mask Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #21

great idea but I don't have the teknorote Demonaut Mar 2020 #27

There are so many videos online on how to make a mask womanofthehills Mar 2020 #60

The point of gloves- it's much easier to remove and dispose of gloves than it is to wash your hands. PoliticAverse Mar 2020 #16

you should still wash your hands Demonaut Mar 2020 #22

When you get home C_U_L8R Mar 2020 #20

Thanks! Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #24

very good! Demonaut Mar 2020 #25

We spray sanitized our groceries cilla4progress Mar 2020 #61

I have gloves, but I also made a homemade mask... Sancho Mar 2020 #23

+1 Wonder if JoAnne's fabric still open. Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #26

maybe, but you can use a cotton t-shirt... Sancho Mar 2020 #32

Or you could use part of a dishtowel that's seen better days. fierywoman Mar 2020 #62

I believe starting tomorrow they are doing curbside pick up Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #57

great, the best material out of a actual n95 mask is the vacuum cleaner bag Demonaut Mar 2020 #33

It's airborne and can live on surfaces mzmolly Mar 2020 #29

Checkout guy has a point, contrary to points upthread Strelnikov_ Mar 2020 #30

my fingers are split from washing, good to know on the cuts Demonaut Mar 2020 #35

Good post, as a nurse, I agree. They virus won't infect you on your hands uppityperson Mar 2020 #39

Pay no attention to the check out boy, use a scarf or a kerchief as a mask Baltimike Mar 2020 #34

You won't catch or absorb the virus through your hands. uppityperson Mar 2020 #36

Order on line and pick up Generic Brad Mar 2020 #37

Yes...booked solid for weeks.. delivery and curbside Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #47

You can use reusable cloth bags, however, you have to pack them yourself Brother Buzz Mar 2020 #42

i went to target today....... Takket Mar 2020 #43

Assume people have been spitting on everything. Act accordingly. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #44

I wear a glove for touching machines and certain surfaces mvd Mar 2020 #45

Went to a Wegman's Grocery store today. At the entrance, where all the carts are, Marie Marie Mar 2020 #46

Gloves remind me not to touch my face. pat_k Mar 2020 #48

My local Whole Foods is doing a good job. pat_k Mar 2020 #49

I went to three stores on my way home today. Blue_true Mar 2020 #50

I went to the local IGA today Bayard Mar 2020 #53

incidentally, was the store employee wearing a CDC approved mask? stopdiggin Mar 2020 #54

After reading all of the replies marlakay Mar 2020 #58

My son bought me masks at a local HVAC supplies store yesterday ooky Mar 2020 #63

Don't take medical advice from checkout clerk! GeorgeGist Mar 2020 #64

Doesn't even need saying Nature Man Mar 2020 #74

I wore a mask today my doc gave me Meowmee Mar 2020 #66

I have one gloved hand and one ungloved. The gloved hand Squinch Mar 2020 #68

You are so smart. First time I wore gloves and had Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #82

Interesting trip to get a loaf of bread Keth Mar 2020 #80

That one line sums it up " I wish we had a president". Btw, I never Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #83

Stores here have senior hour 8-9 lark Mar 2020 #81