Not collecting parcel from China

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I ordered some bits off amazon a few weeks ago. Just a hamster ball and slide for dd hamster.

I know they have come from China and are currently at the post office but dh at first stated I needed to wear gloves and then flash wipe all the contents before I get home. He has now decided I can't get them as he's worried about coronavirus.

I understand but I'm also very I've waited for ages for the bits. Dd has waited and I thinks it's a bit overkill

Aibu to just go get them anyway and flash wipe it to placate him?

I don't want to spend more money buying something I've already brought.

Wash him in hot, soapy water, air dry and then place in the freezer for 24 hours?

Oh good grief.

My husband's just got back from a trip to China!! What shall I do with him?!

Boil wash in the washing machine then stick him in the freezer for 24 hours.

My husband's just got back from a trip to China!! What shall I do with him?!

You have to flash wipe him head to toe

(Didn’t know that about hamster balls! Don’t have a hamster thankfully!)

My husband's just got back from a trip to China!! What shall I do with him?!

Put him in a hamster ball?

Population of China :- 1.3 billion.
Number infected:- 1300

Roughly one in a million.

If this was a problem the Chinese and UK Governments would be all over it before anything would've reached here.

This made me laugh. If the virus is that transmissible then we are all in the shits! We are constantly importing things from China. Did you know that Tescos currently stocks pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and garlic all grown in China. (I wish they wouldn’t but that’s another issue).

You sound hysterical!!

Newme there's always one what?

One person who disagrees with cruelty to animals? Those people are so annoying, aren't they?

I have had post from China today. So much comes from there we simply can not avoid.

Oh good heavens.

1. China is a big place. 1200 confirmed cases out of a population of 1.4 BILLION gives you a 0.0008% chance (or 1:116,666) chance that your package was packed by an infected person.
2. Known coronaviruses wouldn't survive that long and there's nothing to suggest this one is any more likely to.
3. 100,000s of people die of influenza each year, which is also a virus and is present globally. Does he flash wipe everything he gets in the post?
4. In the hugely unlikely event he contracted Wuhan coronavirus from a parcel, it's not likely to be serious unless he is otherwise vulnerable.

Tell him not to be so daft.

Doesn’t he think that the Post Office would have refused to take the packages and post from China if they thought there was a risk to their staff.

Ah, I missed a zero. One in 1,166, 666 chance. Less than one in a million.

Hamster Balls are awful

As I understand it, this virus only transmits via close personal contact. There is no way you'd catch it off a parcel.

Is your DH going to go round covered in clingfilm in case he touches something that someone from China might have touched?

Put him in a hamster ball?

And open the stair gate.

You think this is ridiculous my DH is currently online to Tesco ordering a shitload of tins and dried food in case of 'lockdown' I kid you not

We are in Ireland......

Stupidity at its highest. The virus won’t survive on fucking plastic for more than a nanosecond
Honestly I think you can safely say 99% of stuff in your house come from china

Ffs

"If this was a problem the Chinese and UK Governments would be all over it before anything would've reached here."

You seriously think that this UK Government is efficient?

DS asked me the same question earlier. But there's some grounds for caution, not least because the coronavirus situation appears to be several times worse than anyone is saying. There's some raw video from a hospital with medics in hazmat suits and several covered bodies in a corridor that's been removed from Weibo. Not certain how authentic it is, but quite worrying. The Internet also reckons that it started with material lost from a bio-weapons facility.

Pets at home?

The Internet also reckons that it started with material lost from a bio-weapons facility

Well that's sealed it for me. It must be true.

FFS

I have terrible health anxiety so understand your dh as I am panicking a bit. The thing is that virtually everything (including a lot of food) comes from China whether it’s direct or through a U.K. source so it would be impossible to ‘decontaminate’ everything. Also, those bits you ordered would have taken weeks to come by ship so they are probably fine.

on a serious note op, does dh normally worry about things like this ? it does seem ott otherwise.
orchid it's the john mccleann [bruce willis- die hard]coming out in him .
hammie balls ? not brilliant but my two love theirs, i offer the ball to them and they get excited to go in, trundle around for 5 minutesor so under supervision then wheni try to take them back out they literally spread eagle rhemselves tothe outer edges so i can't pick them up. they come out when they are ready and not before
sorry op, derailing thread.

Surgical masks are also made in China. Think about that next time you're at the hospital.