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AIBU?

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New book brought into the house

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CurtainWitcher · 13/04/2020 19:37

Book delivered by Amazon. I put the packaging straight in the recycling, but brought the book straight into the house. It's now on the coffee table.
DH said I should have put it in the garage for 72 hours. Should i?

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fallfallfall · 14/04/2020 00:13

The book inside the box probably has been in transit for 72 hrs already. Someone touching the outside of the box would never have contaminated the inside.

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CurtainWitcher · 14/04/2020 00:13

Salemcat we only have supermarket delivery every couple of weeks. Other deliveries are few and far between, but, yes, they will also go in the garage. We only go into it to then get whatever was delivered out.

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CurtainWitcher · 14/04/2020 00:15

The book was delivered less than 24 hours of it arriving, so I'll leave it in the garage for at least another day.
Packaging went straight into recycling bin, outside.

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CurtainWitcher · 14/04/2020 00:16

I meant less than 24 hours of it being ordered!

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Campervan69 · 14/04/2020 00:18

I am unsure how people can spread the virus to strangers if they are asymptomatic as I thought the droplets had to be sprayed out by being coughed or sneezed? And if somebody is coughing or sneezing they shouldn't be leaving the house anyway.

They can't be spread by touch alone.

AppleJane · 14/04/2020 00:20

I second burning the book and ordering another. Then repeat. Or use a wipe.

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CurtainWitcher · 14/04/2020 00:33

Bit late to the party with that joke AppleJane.

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AppleJane · 14/04/2020 00:41

Yeah but most people can't be arsed to read the whole thread so I'll catch the lazy ones

AppleJane · 14/04/2020 00:45

Hang on CurtainWitcher, have you actually told us what the book was called?

bobbityboop · 14/04/2020 01:03

It's only when I started reading the comments that I realised what the OP meant.

For a good 10 seconds my mind couldn't fathom why the feck you're DH wanted to put a book in the garage for 72 hours.

I've ordered a metric fuck ton of shite via Amazon over the past 2 weeks, and by the laws of probability I would be infested by packaged virus by now if it was an issue.

It's fine. Read your book and enjoy

Ariela · 14/04/2020 02:24

I'd have ironed it, that'd kill any virus.

MinorArcana · 14/04/2020 02:39

I’ve just been opening packages, binning the outer packaging, and then getting straight on with handling the contents of the package.

The post here is generally taking at least 72 hours from ordering to arrive, so I think it’s unlikely that the contents would still be contaminated by the time we receive the parcels. Your postal workers seem to be coping better than ours, OP!

I think the only way we’d be getting something within 24 hours of ordering would be if we’d ordered food from one of the local takeaways still open.

biscuitsanddiddums · 14/04/2020 03:08

As a shrugger and biter, I can confirm that no book orders will be quarantined in this house.
I have freshly baked bread delivered. I’m not sure it would survive a wipe, a wash, or a 72 hour quarantine. It barely survives lunch.
I did watch a lovely you tube video where an epidemiology prof tackled the ‘should I wash my groceries’ topic after a similarly bizarre thread. (Not necessary, but if it makes you feel better, fill your boots). Third year microbiology/ epidemiology/ food science child who has to come up with a cure for Covid for her final research project (lol) is equally nonplussed about the groceries.
I think I probably have it though. From work. Or when we went away for dh’s birthday a month ago. Two others from work have tested positive. I haven’t been outside in 17 days. And I haven’t had any amazon deliveries.

Thepigeonsarecoming · 14/04/2020 03:12

Wait which is AIBU in this case? Putting the book in the garage or not? Confused!

PhilCornwall1 · 14/04/2020 05:43

Why aren't MNers the people to ask?

Because you will probably be told you should have put on a hazmat suit and respirator before accepting the delivery.

This whole thing is making people lose any common sense at all. What's next, lining up your items of post and shopping 2 metres apart?

Isleepinahedgefund · 14/04/2020 06:26

If you are that concerned, why did you order it in the first place?

Namesgonenow · 14/04/2020 06:30

Fuck sake. Groceries being quarantined and post being washed. I can’t even.

sashh · 14/04/2020 07:06

This is like the start of a horror film. A mysterious package arrives, it is put in the garage for 'quarantine' only the garage has a strange affect on the packaging that mutates...

DrinkSangriaInThePark · 14/04/2020 07:14

OP your DH is being ridiculous. How on earth do you think those of us still working (front line healthcare) feel when we read some of these threads

This.

stayathomer · 14/04/2020 07:29

Please stop wiping everything with anti-bacterial wipes.As implied in the name corona virus is, ahem, a virus.Not bacteria.
You are, at best , just smearing the virus over a greater surface area.Please carry on.
But say e.g. Dettol wipes surely do? If you look at the back of a dettol spray it has certain viruses listed. (I dont know and i could totally be wrong!) We don't quarantine stuff but we do spray it all, saying that We haven't got anything except for normal shopping. We're going to try not to order anything outside of necessities. And I'd always go over the top with this thing as opposed to not. We took the kids off school the day before as two of them had coughs and were worried to take them out of school for something so minor then the following day they shut the schools!! Who would ever have dreamed that could happen?

TheOrigBrave · 14/04/2020 07:36

I don't have a garage. Is my household doomed?

FlowerArranger · 14/04/2020 07:47

I don't have a garage. Is my household doomed?

Possibly.
But not necessarily.

Though, to be on the safe side, better burn everything

Except the

PhilCornwall1 · 14/04/2020 07:56

The more sane and sensible expert that Sky News have on (if they have any), Simon Clark (the man of the funky shirts) was asked about this. His take on it is, it makes no difference, but if it makes people feel better, do it.

I'll go with a Microbiologist on his one I think. It's a completely unnecessary faff, but I'm sure a MN expert will be around shortly to say he's wrong.

QuimJongUn · 14/04/2020 08:00

I'm glad I've stumbled on this thread, lots of sensible advice here so I'll chime in with my own query.

I have a guitar being delivered today and I've been wondering how to clean/quarantine it when it arrives. I've thought maybe leaving it to soak in a bathful of bleach in its case for 72 hours, then another 24 out if its case? Or maybe the full 72 for both? And should I burn the packaging immediately? I live in a fourth floor flat and am not leaving the house for anything ever because it's not In The Spirit Of The Lockdown to do so, so I'd have to burn it in my front room. Would that be ok?

TIA!

daisypond · 14/04/2020 08:02

They can't be spread by touch alone.
Yes, they can. The virus can live on surfaces for hours and days. If you touch a virus-covered surface, you then will have picked up the virus.
Nevertheless, we certainly don’t put stuff in a garage (don’t have one) for days, and nor do we wash down shopping or delay opening post.

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