For not washing my shopping?

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It seems like on mn everybody is doing this but I don’t know anybody that has admitted to it in real life.
I’ll admit, I have become a little bit worried about it, but I’m partly too lazy to wash and wipe all my shopping, and also do not want to let myself get that obsessive. It can become a never ending cycle of cleaning (in general, not just shopping) and I think I’d find it hard to break in the future. I don’t want to send myself crazy.

No. The chances of there being anything on it just feels so slight, but additionally I suffer from chronic fatigue and am unable to keep on top of household chores properly as it is, without starting on that malarkey as well.

In any case, how are you supposed to clean stuff that's packaged in paper or cardboard, like quiches and stuff from the deli counter?

Those of you washing worktops, door handles daily, are you changing your cloth for each thing? Switch/handle/tap etc?

No need. Just keep it soapy.

Once it's going in and out of the (same?) Hot soapy water basin? That's great if so. I'm washing all thoae surfaces each day followed by spray/wipe once dry. Then lots of hand washing and packaging removed. No washing of shopping itself.. I think it would be in.official advice if necessary/effective. And clothes, are people washing every item each day?!

I'm simply not touching anything that can be left in the shopping bag for four days. Stuff that needs to go in the fridge gets an alcohol wipe.

I wash all mine, i was fortunate to have a homo delivery, and immediately grabbed my sanitser and a cloth and wiped it down. The Tesco delivery driver had bags over his shoes, a mask and gloves on, I was quite impressed with him to be honest. They all seem very aware and are taking precautions so it seems worth it to give the items a quick wash down.

What are people's sanitisers of choice?

would be in.official advice if necessary/effective. And clothes, are people washing every item each day?!

I hope you're right, but govt advice isn't based on individual risk, it's more the big picture of giving people instructions they think they can follow, keeping them as simple and non disruptive as possible to catch 'enough' cases.

There was a Cambridge virology prof on the radio. I didn't fullŷ understand the terminology but he seemed to say...you can fit 20,000 covid virus particles on a single pinhead, and that 20 are thought to be enough to infect people. That suggests to me that wiping shopping will reduce risk, but that doing it thoroughly enough to be sure is close to impossible so you still need to handwash etc. The govt might consider that message, and the actions needed from it, too difficult to be worth putting out for the number of cases it would prevent.

I think with chronic fatigue you have to find a balance that works for you and not put too much pressure on yourself.

Nah, no washing of shopping here.

Heartbroken, I have no religious faith but I'm hoping and 'praying' for a turnaround for your Mum.

Those questioning incidents where people have caught the virus without going out, my own Mum is one such person. She's high risk category so she and Dad have self isolated since before we were all told to stay home. Her only physical contact with the outside world has been receiving shopping left on her doorstep by her friend or by a local volunteer.

She's lost taste and smell and has a hacking cough (resulting in Doctor's telephone diagnosis). She's been like it for c9 or 10 days. She's doing her best to be positive but I know my Mum. She's terrified.

Take care everyone, and once more, Heartbroken, sending you and your Mum much love and hope for recovery.

I wipe everything in plastic packaging such as milk fresh and soya. Other veg I empty from any plastic so don’t wash then.
Exception bag of spinach as this would be more difficult.
After wiping outer covering you should let it dry before putting it away.

I don't think anyone can wipe down their shopping effectively to remove the virus if it was actually present on the shopping. As others have said how can a simple wipe be enough if it isn't for our hands? How can you get into all the folds of the packaging? How can you not destroy the foods that are in flimsy packaging? How can you not transfer it to other surfaces whilst you handle the food, wipes etc if it is so easy to catch off the shopping in the first place?

I think it's about giving that person the thought of being in control over the disease in that it eases their anxiety.

I am doing it, as I currently have 37.5 hours a week to spare.

Nope. I keep reading it on MN. Wondering if I'm being too passé here?

Unless you're in the shielding category or live with someone who is then I don't see the need.

Dd is in the shielding category so we do and when I've had to go shopping (twice in recent weeks) I've worn mask and gloves and disposed of them etc. New gloves once home to disinfect shopping etc.

We also get deliveries of medical supplies regularly so lots of pathways for virus particles to enter the home.

Thankfully we now have a weekly supermarket delivery set up.

Just a reminder that if you see someone wearing gloves and a mask they may have specific vulnerabilities that make this wise, so it doesn't mean either you or they are 'doing it wrong'.

I asked my colleagues yesterday (NHS) and they're all washing their shopping.
So I'll start from now

I have not washed all shopping.

yanbu. I'm not doing it either. The risk of my OCD relapsing is higher and less acceptable to me than the minimal risk of contracting covid from groceries.

I do to be honest. I wear gloves and wash each items that can be washed. I just imagine someone standing there and touching each one while theyre choosing but with hands they sneezed into earlier. I've always been a bit like this tho, not washing shopping but always been freaked out at the thought of germs because most people are kind of oblivious

Oh and I'm pregnant so probably even more fussy than normal

No I don’t but I am being careful. Having said that, I didn’t wear gloves going round Aldi yesterday but I usually do. And I really should have told the lady behind me in the queue to step back, as she was standing much too close, but I was being too “ British”. If we are following the rules then the 2 places to contract CV will be hospital or supermarket.

Nah fuck that.

I give it all a quick wipe over with a dettol wipe before it goes away. It takes a few minutes. I’m not obsessive about cleaning but it makes sense to me to do that when anyone could have been touching it just before I picked it up. Each to their own though

No but no one in house is vulnerable, and DH is a key worker so still going to work, which is more of a risk. I do make my parents wash theirs after I have taken it around

I also think that the "oh you can't be too careful" - well, yes you can. If you can't look at risk and weigh up whether something is dangerous or not, your internal thinking is off a bit. For people who are pre-disposed to anxiety it can be a slippery slope to worrying about everything and anything. That isn't a healthy way to live. It is impossible to live in a sterile bubble and trying to create one will drive you round the twist.

I understand people who are in vulnerable groups and who aren't supposed to leave the house at all making different decisions. But for the rest of us it's just a bit over the top.

(And single use plastic wipes are absolutely horrendous for the environment and should be banned)