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Originally Posted by queasy27
(Post 1741006)
As a senior with an autoimmune disease, I'm kind of a COVID-19 sitting duck. I fully recognize that price gouging is wrong and my actions are contributing to the problem, but I was still okay with paying $17 for two bottles of disinfectant cleaning spray on eBay.
Then eBay removed that listing for gouging. I ordered something from a different seller whose listing was also deleted but that person got my order in the mail quickly and it's on the way.
I feel like a collaborator in Vichy France, but all the experts are telling us to disinfect up to three times a day and I can't use my diluted bleach solution on all surfaces.
Have you experienced similar dilemmas or lines you're not willing to cross?
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I hear your fear and worry. Let me put your mind at ease. Yes, you need to be very careful. BUT! I’m assuming that you live alone or with a partner, and no one in the household has the virus. I’m also assuming that you are staying in the house or only going outside for walks, say, and not coming near other persons. If that is the case, once you have wiped down your counters and doorknobs and switches, etc., THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN CATCH IT UNLESS YOU BREAK THAT CIRCLE. There is NO need to wipe things down three times a day, or any other number of times. None of the virus can get in. That’s not how it works. So you can relax. You’re safe!
If you invite friends over—and you should not—or go shopping, then you risk bringing in something with you, but if you have no contact with surfaces where the virus can exist for a few days, outside of your circle of cleanliness, you are safe. If your partner goes shopping. He or she can do the same. If someone delivers groceries for you, then if you like, you can put on disposable gloves and wipe things down with a bleach solution. If you are concerned about a fabric, put it out in the sun for a few hours and the sun will kill the virus.
Make your own bleach solution with two ounces of bleach in a gallon of water. It will kill the virus faster than alcohol and just as effectively, and it costs maybe a nickel a gallon. Put it in a spray bottle or pour some on a cloth or paper towel. You can wipe down boxes and plastic bags of food if you like. You can even mix it at ONE ounce per gallon and dip fresh fruits and vegetables in it to kill germs. It works! This is standard practice for Americans working in Africa, Asia, and Mexico. Just rinse the food in fresh water in a minute. This even works with lettuce. You can’t drink the bleach solution, and drinking straight bleach will kill you, but in solution and on counters and such, it’s not poisonous. It’s chlorine atoms in water. If you put salt in water, it dissociates into chlorine atoms (or ions) and sodium ions. Remember, chlorine is put into swimming pools to kill viruses, and that is nowhere near as strong as one ounce per gallon.
The virus is NOT going to waft in your window or settle on your doorknob. That not how it works. If someone with the virus on his or her hands touches your doorknob, the virus will transfer. If someone with the virus in his or her lungs breathes on you, it can transfer. That’s why you stay away from people and wear gloves and a mask when you go shopping or touch anything outside your clean circle. But once clean, unless you let in something, your house stays clean.
