Originally Posted by John41 (Post 1779335)

We are still sanitizing groceries and wiping off kitchen surfaces for the next few months. Plan to get pneumonia and flu shots too. Still wearing masks and wife also wears gloves. Frequent hand washing also.

Originally Posted by Professor (Post 1779753)

Personally I don't think the "experts" really know everything there is to know about this virus. They keep changing their opinion on what transmission is all about. With a spouse who is at risk I say it does no harm, and in the off chance it does some good, I'll take the extra time to wipe things down. Her life is worth more than a few minutes of my time... Everyone has the option and can do it or not do it...

Originally Posted by Michael Charles (Post 1779685)

I spent 30+ years in the restaurant business. I learned early on the benefits of cleaning/sterilizing containers and surfaces. We used a bleach solution to clean most things and I continue today practicing those sanitizing habits.

ALL canned goods as well as ALL pre-packaged items are put into corrugated cardboard boxes (cases) then sent to warehouses waiting to be sent to various locations. ALL of those warehouses have some level of rodent problems, no matter how small the rodent problem is, those rodents will ultimately urinate or defecate on those cases of product, any product.

That is why we always sterilize our canned goods including beer and soda cans. The boxes that cereal and crackers etc. come in not so much because of the product us in a plastic bag so we just discard those outer cardboard boxes then put the bags in the cupboard.

We will eliminate most of any concerns coming into the house.

Its not about Covid19, it's about food safety for us.

Originally Posted by LG999 (Post 1779695)

I have always washed my fruit & veggies bcs they are handled by various people, travel to get to a store, handled again, sit out on display tables for a while until they go into your cart, then they are on the cashier counter.
I always wash them as soon as I get them home. Virus or not

Originally Posted by theruizs (Post 1779713)

We still do for now. I had gotten a hydrolizer before the covid-19 lockdown and use it hydrolize water with pure salt (and a little white vinegar to help lower the ph). It works similar to a salt water pool except the resultant ph is much lower, around 5, and the free chlorine level is 200ppm. So it has the same sanitizing power as bleach would, but much less harsh. We use it to spray and sanitize groceries, mail, countertops, etc. We were using it for cleaning kitchen surfaces even before covid-19 and we will keep using for that.

Originally Posted by Velvet (Post 1779295)

Yes, my home is as decontaminated as I can get it. My hubby has comorbidities that make him vulnerable. Easy to decontaminate items. I put dishwasher liquid into water in my large sink. Submerge items that can go in water like plastic and put soap suds on anything else while they are on the counter. Then after a few minutes I wash off and dry. Nothing even the soles of my shoes gets in the house without washing. I think of it like getting rid of finger prints. I hear there is very little chance of contamination from packaging but later I can pull out the bread, the milk, my new paint brushes from Amazon etc anytime without thinking I better wash my hands now.
I made a mistake at first put too watery soap suds on bread wrapper and hubby complained about soapy baguette, so now I use abundant soap suds less wet on the wrapper. The bread stays dry. Hubby happy.

Originally Posted by Dave Laluk (Post 1779653)

I still wear a mask in public, wash my hands frequently and disinfect my groceries and packages. While the probability of contracting the virus from a package is low, it's not zero. These practices are a little inconvenient but they help reduce the risk for you and others.

Think about this. If you stay safe, you also help protect your family. My daughter had a baby a little over a month ago. Her doctor recommended that she and her husband remain completely quarantined / isolated for the first month. No visitors in the house, including family. In order for us to go into the house just to hold our new grandson, my wife and I had to quarantine ourselves for at least two weeks. Which we did. Well worth the effort to make sure our kids and new grandson would remain healthy. During this same period, my mother passed away. We couldn't even hold a funeral for her.

When you decide not to follow CDC and WHO recommendations, you affect more than yourself. The life you save may just be someone in your family.

Originally Posted by PugMom (Post 1779894)

you reminded me of a story re: disinfecting shoes. when i worked as a veterinary tech, we used to keep a small pan of h20 & regular bleach in front of the isolation ward door. (maybe an inch of liquid max.) we stepped into the pan, waited a few seconds, then proceeded on our way. we would bleach anything possible-it was the 1 disinfected we could count on to kill just about anything.

Originally Posted by yankygrl (Post 1780060)

Did you do this BEFORE COVID, if not then why now? I walk around barefoot in my house all the time, shoes come off soon as I get in from garage.

Originally Posted by Down Sized (Post 1779616)

As of today there are 7,000,000 people globally that wish they had done more sanitation and used better preventative tactics! Then there are 402,000 people who won’t ever get another chance.
We are still doing everything we can to beat the ODDS.

Originally Posted by yankygrl (Post 1780060)

I walk around barefoot in my house all the time, shoes come off soon as I get in from garage.

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1779881)

I have always rinsed apples with water prior to the pandemic. While I was sanitizing all my groceries, I would wash the apples with Dawn dish washing liquid and rinse really well with water. I've read that it is not good practice to use soap on produce but why not? I had always heard that Nuns used to wash your mouth out with soap when you said a curse word. Everyone still alive? I think so.

Now, I'm back to just rinsing apples with water.

Originally Posted by Spikearoni (Post 1781009)

Safe way to wash fruit is with vinegar; then rinse with water.