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69. Don't touch your face should probably be don't touch your mouth...
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 05:35 AM
Mar 2020

eyes and nostrils—openings the virus can enter.

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
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