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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOnce the entire family is vaccinated with the second dose, and has gone through a two week
waiting period, are there new guidelines about precautions that we have to follow with groceries and outside purchases? Right now we wipe everything with Lysol or Clorox wipes, or put the dry stuff in paper bags and leave them in a back room for three days.
Ocelot II
(115,837 posts)Recent research indicates that covid isn't easily transmitted from surfaces. "In hospitals, surfaces have been tested near COVID-19 patients, and no infectious virus can be identified," Goldman says.
What's found is viral RNA, which is like "the corpse of the virus," he says. That's what's left over after the virus dies.
"They don't find infectious virus, and that's because the virus is very fragile in the environment it decays very quickly."
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/28/948936133/still-disinfecting-surfaces-it-might-not-be-worth-it
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Sanjay Gupta. It's a very big waste of time regardless of you vaccination status
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)themaguffin
(3,826 posts)that
obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)Doesn't really stress it's passed that way. It's mainly passed via air.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)They kind of relaxed the surface spread warnings over time, but we remain fairly careful about contact.
Sooooo... Id guess that a couple weeks after everyone has their second shot youll be free from your good hygiene.
nilram
(2,893 posts)I havent worried about groceries or packages for a long time. This is from last June:
We've had millions of cases, and over 100,000 deaths in the United States now, and nothing has ever been traced to groceries or mail or a package, so I think that's telling, said Dr. Tim Wiemken with Saint Louis Universitys Center for Outcomes Research.
I guess I will let them sit a day or two or five, unless I need to use something, but Im not dogmatic about it. (And it could be that Im lazy.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/cdc-updated-its-guidance-on-covid-19-and-surfaces-here-s-what-that-means-for-your-home/ar-BB14RoST
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)Just personal behavior and hand-washing.
Runningdawg
(4,522 posts)disinfect the tops of their cans before opening, prior to the pandemic. No need to get carried away, a little hot soap and water will do it. Also, drop that nasty can opener in the dishwasher every time you run it.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)I've never done anything like that. And no, I don't get sick all the time. In fact, I'm pretty much the healthiest person I know.
Runningdawg
(4,522 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)I can chalk that up to learning something new.
I still don't see the tops of cans as being a significant source of any kind of disease. Honestly, if that were actually the case, I'd think that there would have been reports about that over the years.
Runningdawg
(4,522 posts)has roaches, mice and rats which pee all over everything and the cans more than likely contain the residue of the poisons used to kill them? To each his own. I will continue to clean the tops of my cans as I have for the last 55 years.
As for no reports? Likely passed off as food poisoning. Please, please tell me you at least wash your produce.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)But there cannot possibly be that much residue if in my 72 years I've never had a problem with getting sick from handling cans. Again, your fear strikes me as incredibly overblown.
Most of the time food poisoning is quickly traced to a source, which is often a restaurant or produce from a store. From cans? I've certainly never seen such reports.
DenaliDemocrat
(1,476 posts)One of my favorite episodes
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)Never. The virus just doesn't stay on surfaces in any meaningful way. Plus, now you have lysol and clorox all over everything, which probably has other bad impacts.
liberal_mama
(1,495 posts)I will be excited not to have to do that anymore.
Ocelot II
(115,837 posts)Meowmee
(5,164 posts)As for wiping things, washing hands etc. I disagree. Sars cov was already proven to be transmitted to family members who were caring for a recuperating family member in their homes. It can be transmitted via saliva, urine and feces. They recommended sanitizing surfaces and bleaching bedding/ clothes etc.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)Covid 19 is transmitted pretty much exclusively by droplets through the air. In fact, there seem to be zero cases gotten from surfaces.
The vast majority of cases seem to have originated with some super-spreader and close indoor contact. Church choirs and weddings come to mind.
So no, bleaching and disinfecting everything is not only not needed, but puts all kinds of bleach and disinfectant on things which simply isn't necessary.