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Karma13612

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47. The minute you start touching surfaces with the gloves,
Fri May 22, 2020, 09:13 AM
May 2020

Yours gloved hands are as dirty as if you just go without gloves.

My shopping routine:

Items I have on me at time of entering store:

*Waist-pack containing wallet and phone. They will NOT be accessed at all in the store. They do not remain in the car for fear of stolen car.
*Hanging from Left belt loop is a tiny bottle of hand sanitizer.
*Hanging from right belt loop are car keys.
*In right hand pocket is credit card and store loyalty card. In same pocket is paper handwritten shopping list.

Face mask is donned as I lock up car and approach store.

In store, I select merchandise. I go thru check out, using credit card and loyalty card to pay for items.

Leave store, Approach car, halt carriage, immediately sanitize Hands.
Unlock car and place items in car.
Sanitize hands again and enter car. Place mask and waist pack on passenger seat.
Drive home.
Remove packages to garage. Hubby and I sanitize all items(Cereal boxes, jar etc) or wasH in sink like apples, etc.
I wipe off credit and loyalty cards. Phone is removed from waistpack and wiped down. Wallet remains in Waistpack, along with receipts and sanitizer and car keys Which are All dumped in an area and left untouched until needed or 3 days have elapsed.

My clothes are changed and dumped in the wash.

Been doing this for 2 months and feeling pretty safe so far.

I'm not taking any chances with this administration. blueinredohio May 2020 #1
Technically Plausible Roy Rolling May 2020 #38
Quite The 180 ProfessorGAC May 2020 #2
Glad to see that we are all learning from lessons passed. Baitball Blogger May 2020 #7
I'm wearing gloves, too. phylny May 2020 #10
Similar ProfessorGAC May 2020 #19
Wearing gloves has always been idahoblue May 2020 #56
I agree. luvtheGWN May 2020 #60
And wipe down the cart before using RhodeIslandOne May 2020 #70
We Disagree (nt) ProfessorGAC May 2020 #76
CDC said "be careful." Igel May 2020 #63
Good Post! (nt) ProfessorGAC May 2020 #75
Still not taking chances. AirmensMom May 2020 #3
Sure, if you don't then immediately touch your mouth, eyes, nose hlthe2b May 2020 #4
If they really believed that touching was not a vector any more, they would tell us we could ease Baitball Blogger May 2020 #8
The handwashing is an always rule. Igel May 2020 #65
It's never been considered "the primary source"... RhodeIslandOne May 2020 #71
Well, rats DFW May 2020 #5
I will listen to Dr. Fauci . . . Iliyah May 2020 #6
Speaking of Fauci, he said on CNN last night that you may see Laura PourMeADrink May 2020 #61
Trump and co. don't want us to stop shopping. LuvNewcastle May 2020 #9
+1 Baitball Blogger May 2020 #17
My thoughts exactly. nt Atticus May 2020 #11
If the virus was "alive" on a surface for so long in previous backtoblue May 2020 #12
"Alive" in the sense that some was detectable DeminPennswoods May 2020 #14
This is going to turn out to be another one of Trump's wishful thinking that translates to Baitball Blogger May 2020 #20
Previous studies found detectable traces of RNA, not live infectious virus after several days. NutmegYankee May 2020 #43
People don't understand what the tests show. Igel May 2020 #66
Ultimately, it's a game of numbers. Girard442 May 2020 #13
+1 jberryhill May 2020 #18
It is Trump's CDC now...can't be trusted. Demsrule86 May 2020 #34
The tone I got from the latest press statement.. Maxheader May 2020 #15
Israeli study shows same. masmdu May 2020 #16
Call me skeptical. Baitball Blogger May 2020 #21
I doesn't. It still had detectable RNA after that long. NutmegYankee May 2020 #44
I don't trust them either... a country run by a Trump lover. Demsrule86 May 2020 #32
"Not spread easily" to me does not mean spread is impossible. Liberal In Texas May 2020 #22
I am sure that many people will take "Not spread easily" as a green light to loosen precautions. Baitball Blogger May 2020 #23
I agree. One of my neighbors...older. She caught Covid and survived. Demsrule86 May 2020 #33
Very good point! Talitha May 2020 #67
Because of buffonery in Trump's CDC I'm thinking we will see 7 figures bucolic_frolic May 2020 #24
I do think what's been learned about the virus indicates that the biggest danger is breathing it in, tanyev May 2020 #25
You will always need those gloves as long as there are people who refuse to wear masks. Baitball Blogger May 2020 #27
The minute you start touching surfaces with the gloves, Karma13612 May 2020 #47
Other than the coronavirus utility belt, we have the same process. Baitball Blogger May 2020 #50
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm going to Karma13612 May 2020 #54
I also have a similar routine. I think through every step and Politicub May 2020 #64
Excellent! Yea Karma13612 May 2020 #80
I haven't been and won't be wearing gloves. Have been doing the mask thing for over a month. Ace Rothstein May 2020 #46
Yea, no gloves for me Karma13612 May 2020 #49
FU Trump CDC....FU Trump NIH...FVU Trump spokes-liars Submariner May 2020 #26
+1 Baitball Blogger May 2020 #28
I suspect such obfuscation from the CDC is an attempt to confuse the public Ford_Prefect May 2020 #29
I don't trust Trump's CDC. But if this is true...all those months the CDC told Demsrule86 May 2020 #30
Me too. Baitball Blogger May 2020 #42
Yep, we were lied to and many of us died as a result...may Trump roast in Demsrule86 May 2020 #45
the political takeover across all Federal agencies leads me to disbeleive just about any data that beachbumbob May 2020 #31
agree. nt yaesu May 2020 #39
I want to think that 60% of america disbelieves what comes out of trump admin as well beachbumbob May 2020 #41
We can't trust any information given out by this administration samsingh May 2020 #35
Mixed message - said it's not thought to be the main way jmg257 May 2020 #36
It's like they're always probing for wiggle room. Baitball Blogger May 2020 #40
Yep exactly nothing concrete on anything! jmg257 May 2020 #79
i read that yesterday and like every ageny tRump destroyed dont trust its advice. nt yaesu May 2020 #37
How easily is easily? IronLionZion May 2020 #48
Since I'm a bit of a germaphobe Karma13612 May 2020 #52
Cleaning is good Sunsky May 2020 #51
"...is it corroborated by any country outside the U.S. border?" FormerDittoHead May 2020 #53
RED ALERT!!!! PCIntern May 2020 #55
Hence the ensemble. Kid Berwyn May 2020 #77
+1 Laura PourMeADrink May 2020 #57
We cannot trust anything 'our' government tells us. NOTHING. spanone May 2020 #58
Is this pronouncement connected to the Republican push for business immunity? Lonestarblue May 2020 #59
Does this mean Salons can Open Up if they require Face Masks JI7 May 2020 #62
I've read a lot of studies & my main conclusion is ... CaptainTruth May 2020 #68
I'm waiting for the study about surface contact in libraries. intheflow May 2020 #69
People can always check WHO and other sources outside Trump's control IronLionZion May 2020 #72
This is about getting people back to shopping and working. crickets May 2020 #73
Just watched MTP clip revealing trump's CDC is now conflating MerryBlooms May 2020 #74
How Trump has controlled the message from all the institutions within his reach, twisting science Baitball Blogger May 2020 #78
That means BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS! WhiteTara May 2020 #81
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