We've been in lockdown for 3 weeks. I pulled my kids out of school a week before they closed as I could see what was going to happen.
Shopping has been delivered to door, brought in, disinfected, repackaged and surfaces cleaned after and hands washed etc.
This week there was a problem with delivery so we were asked to Click & Collect. I went, put shopping in car (onto towels which were washed after unloading) from the trolleys brought outside then unloaded at home and carried out the same disinfecting routine. Something was missing so DH and I went to collect it the same way (store expecting us). Again staff brought trolley, stood back and we unloaded. I then filled the car up with fuel and paid on card. At every step I/we -
- Used dis wipes to press the button to call staff/pay at punp/hold pump and put straight into a bin bag/bin
- used a high quality hand gel after each action (hand gel provides 2-4 hours protection after use)
After disinfecting we also dropped food off to in laws, we put it on their garden bench and then they collected, keeping about 4m distance at closest point and all outdoors. Again wipes used to open gate and handgel etc.
Friday night I get that nose/throat niggle of a cold brewing. DH was sneezing a lot the day before. How did we catch this?
I bleach and wipe around a lot. We open letters and parcels over the bin and wash hands straight away.
If we go to the outside bin, same routine, shoes removed in house and sometimes cleaned (even though it's just our driveway)
When we do go out, it's only into our back garden. We've not even bothered to go for walks, cycling etc. to keep risk even smaller.
If all of this has still resulted in us catching a cold, are we wasting our time?!