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Backseat Driver

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30. I've pretty much followed my usual
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 03:18 PM
Apr 2021

routine of household indoor chores like laundry, bathrooms, dusting/mopping, etc.. and stayed home. Not too different from the usual. Few visited except trusted family. LOL, we got 8 nasty little pet paws and dirty birdie waterfowl that pretty much leave presents all around one would walk outdoors. The community pond blows the dirty, God knows what's in it, storm sewer pond water around via an aerator 3 seasons a year. I've always wiped down can goods before prepping/cooking meals.

If you went "out" you immediately washed mask and hands on return. DH had one confirmed scare at work where they'd taken compliant precautions and shut down 10 days w/pay. I think I've only twice disinfected packages, spraying disinfectant on a delivery service box I knew came from a hot spot and the nylon-cloth handles of the insulated bags left at the door during the peak of a wave here.

GQP DeJoy pretty much took care of possible "infection by mail" pre-late/no delivery, LOL; we compliantly voted early in-person without problems.

I had previously taken advantage of subscriptions for TP and had joined a local, farm raised/organic fresh groceries delivery site - YUM, while also tried to keep our favorite local restaurants alive by ordering in (most all instituted compliant pick-up precautions) about 3 days a week, both reducing our time wandering around the big box grocery stores.

Got vaccines (flu and CoVid) walk-in and as soon as eligible and was fortunate to find appointments just a bit out of the way when our county seemed to have little to no supply, so feel much more confident it won't kill us. Still compliantly masking and distancing, but not much worrying about surfaces or smooching DH.

First month of wiping everything down. Groceries, wine bottles, everything. What a pain that was. LizBeth Apr 2021 #1
I didn't do it and glad for it jimfields33 Apr 2021 #4
Ya, I am way lazy too. The first groceries I had delivered I wiped down all. The next and next, not LizBeth Apr 2021 #8
I have to admit I did do the whole instacart thing jimfields33 Apr 2021 #11
Right. It was cool. LizBeth Apr 2021 #13
I just said something similar. herding cats Apr 2021 #5
+1 LizBeth Apr 2021 #9
A positive from it was essentially reduced flu cases and flu deaths. mpcamb Apr 2021 #54
Better safe than sorry - what if it had turned out it was spread by surfaces? NullTuples Apr 2021 #31
As I said, did it for a month or so while following the info and we learned pretty quickly, probably LizBeth Apr 2021 #33
Given the info we had to work with I think many of us did the best we could! NullTuples Apr 2021 #41
Lysol and Clorox had a nice run, but alas it's over now. herding cats Apr 2021 #2
I still laugh at the toilet paper people, asses. I wonder if they still have a garage full. LizBeth Apr 2021 #3
They'll get the last laugh when the price goes up and they still have a lot left. jimfields33 Apr 2021 #6
Toilet Paper futures...the investment of the future NullTuples Apr 2021 #42
Sounds good. Ha. jimfields33 Apr 2021 #45
I dearly hope so! herding cats Apr 2021 #7
I know. I w2as down to two rolls and oh my gosh, when I found a 12 pack I was all excited. LizBeth Apr 2021 #10
They could make homemade masks out of toilet paper IronLionZion Apr 2021 #18
Lol LizBeth Apr 2021 #22
They deserve a special place in hell 😈for that toilet paper stunt. 🤬 nt Raine Apr 2021 #52
I'm just glad to see Lysol back on the damn shelves. Grokenstein Apr 2021 #23
I stocked up. My daughter told me in no uncertain terms NQAS Apr 2021 #29
I have to admit I fell in love with the clorox wipes. cinematicdiversions Apr 2021 #34
True for COVID, but not for seeminlngly-forgotten Norovirus! So, those thinking they can ignore hlthe2b Apr 2021 #12
Norovirus was my biggest fear.... Tree-Hugger Apr 2021 #15
Mine too. roamer65 Apr 2021 #17
+1 Hugin Apr 2021 #47
Ugh, I had that a few years ago Withywindle Apr 2021 #49
I had Norovirus a couple years ago Raine Apr 2021 #51
Sorry to burst your bubble, but no clear evidence of cross-protective immunity to different strains hlthe2b Apr 2021 #53
I still do some basic disinfectant of purchases - OhZone Apr 2021 #14
They've become habits in our home - NullTuples Apr 2021 #43
Exactly! OhZone Apr 2021 #44
Just watch what goes near your face. forgotmylogin Apr 2021 #16
I think they managed the problem bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #19
The chances may be far greater than zero DontBelieveEastisEas Apr 2021 #20
re: "What if you touch a hundred contaminated surfaces a day" thesquanderer Apr 2021 #38
I've always been kinda hit and miss about this. ananda Apr 2021 #21
Good practice. Grokenstein Apr 2021 #25
Good question. ananda Apr 2021 #40
We hit it with alcohol, more to reduce viral load than totally disinfect. Pobeka Apr 2021 #24
Trump knew that in February 2020. Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #26
Acutally, we still do it because of OTHER bugs, not covid. AllyCat Apr 2021 #27
You mean sanitizing the groceries Marthe48 Apr 2021 #28
I've pretty much followed my usual Backseat Driver Apr 2021 #30
I still do wipe - somethings Lithos Apr 2021 #32
i never wiped anything down..i just forgot to :( samnsara Apr 2021 #35
So... all those toilet seat licking morans were just Harker Apr 2021 #36
I'm kind of proud of myself about this because I was always rather doubtful that surfaces Martin68 Apr 2021 #37
CDC only said that about masks so medical staff wouldn't run out. harun Apr 2021 #55
That's what I've heard. Sounds totally unethical to me, lying to the public. Martin68 Apr 2021 #57
We've basically known for a year that things have not needed sanitizing PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #39
My wife, a teacher, spends tons of time a day wiping down desks and other surfaces... VarryOn Apr 2021 #46
And yet, the WHO report accepts that the virus may have intrepidity Apr 2021 #48
So we were scared into doing this crap for a year Raine Apr 2021 #50
You were only scared by it if you chose to be. Kaleva Apr 2021 #56
I was using the "royal we" Raine Apr 2021 #58
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