New book brought into the house

[CurtainWitcher]

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?

What are you washing shopping with ?

@TheSheepofWallSt 'The point of lockdown is for us to avoid it if possible until a vaccine is found.'
No, it isn't. Finding a vaccine and testing it is likely to take 18 months. The point of lockdown is to slow the rate of infection so the number of critical cases are more spread out and NHS has a better change of managing them. OP: You are highly unlikely to be infected by a book. Don't worry about it.

I wouldn’t have given it a second thought unless someone in household is particularly vulnerable.

That book probably hasn’t been touched by anyone for a good 15 - 24 hrs before you opened it. Give it a wipe if it makes you feel better though.

Yes TrixieMixie, but if you are in the high risk group that catching can mean death... So I think taking possible precautions is not so ridiculous. And epidemiologist are concerned more with the spread than the individual risk...

You have no way of knowing who has handled, sneezed, or coughed on
Items coming into your home.
We've been, wearing gloves, & lightly spraying everything letters included and leaving in a box for at least 24 hours
Food tins etc the same, other items where possible the same, before going into food cupboard, fridge or freezer
A surface is a surface be a shop counter or at home....
blinking pain but needs to be done!!

YABU for ordering unnecessary stuff from Amazon and exposing their inadequately protected workers to the virus even more. Get your books as downloads or from independent shops that need the trade.

But then you'd expose the staff from the independent bookshop to the virus instead?

OP

1. just wipe everything that comes in from the outside, the virus residence on a surface varies widely depending on a lot of things and so for hard surfaces it may need longer.
2. Things that can't be wiped leave as long as possible (72-96 hours) for peace of mind.

I’m doing the same as Kim1010, anything that comes in is washed or wiped with antibac or put out of reach for a few days before handling. Being in a high risk group I would rather go for overkill than risk it.

I'm looking forward to the statistics coming out when all this is over.

How many sufferers from households where everything was sprayed, washed down, gloves were worn and mail was disinfected, versus how many in households where people just opened the post like normal.

I have strong suspicions that the washers/bleachers and glove wearers may not get CV-19 but may well suffer from some other follow up infection, due to their lack of immunity.

@ColourMyDreams I would have been half way through it by now with a brew and biscuits.

@JemSynergy I bought a couple of new books via amazon two weeks ago and I left them for two days before I opened the package. I have also been disinfecting my shopping.

Absolutely BONKERS!!!!!!!

But then you'd expose the staff from the independent bookshop to the virus instead?

No because they are more likely to be a small scale operation with decent social distancing practices.

You are meant to throw the packaging away, wash your hands and then should be ok.

Sweet Baby Jesus

I'm in a Facebook cleaning group (it's handy for tips). As you can imagine is gone CV19 crackers lately. Other members had to convince someone to seek medical help for her family because she had been antibac/bleaching her shopping and pretty much anything that came through the door. It was quite clear that her, pets and other family members were showing symptoms of mild poisoning and lung damage, probably mostly due to fumes but possibly ingestion too. I'm a bit of a germophobe and obsessive handwasher, but people are literally poisoning themselves and burning their lungs for an illness that for the vast majority would be significantly less damaging.

Namelesswonder you are going with China with this one? Really?

I just spray any parcels with dettol then open bit later .if it was that bad doubt posties would deliver anything as they touching things all day .they may be wearing gloves but bet they touching face without knowing .I was amazed how often we touch our face without even noticing.

My partner used to work in a hospital pathology lab and later in the laboratories at a leading university. I have been wiping down my groceries with a micro fiber cloth and washing up liquid as this is what will break down the membrane of a cell containing the virus. I asked him if he thought I was OTT. He has said no! You don't know if the outer packaging has been contaminated. Parcels are handled by many workers. How do you know if any one of them has not sneezed or coughed on an item?
Yes the risk is small but I would rather not take it.
As for all of you poo pooing people who do take precautions, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit!

We get deliveries almost daily - seeds, books, food etc - and never quarantine anything. This would be a bridge too far for me!

Very high risk here and I'm not even wiping food packaging down.

Tbh I think people are going mental. Yes it's an extremely deadly illness but the chances of you getting it off a book from a.warehouse are extremely minute.

When my husband goes to get our essentials once a week, I make him strip wash with fairy liquid, then stand in the garage for 72 hours...

Mumsnet - where people bleach their shopping while wearing their outdoor shoes inside!

The World Health Organisation suggest just a quick wipe down will suffice to remove the virus from surfaces.
www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses

I am reading this and I thank you all! We are shielding DP. We have food deliveries so we have no reason to leave the house.
When our food comes, I (I would say we but this is totally my call). Put gloves on, wash all shopping, get rid of packaging we don't need and put away. Then when anything has been taken out of cupboard I am hand washing.
I took a bottle of beer out of the fridge earlier poured and washed my hands, he said they were in the garage since xmas. I immediately replied 'yh but may have touched something in fridge that may be contaminated' DP looked at me a bit but accepted what I said as I have a sort of safety obsession/phobia type thing.
When kids have played out in back garden I make them strip and put house clothes on.
Post gets quarantines downstairs by the front door and the kids are not allowed down there as that is where we putt the food before it is cleaned.
This thread has made me realise I have probably gone a little if not a lot mad!

For the last 2 years I been extremely safety conscious and panic a lot about plugs, locks, keys etc. This has just added another thing to my long lists of things to worry about!

Very high risk here, we clean everything coming into the house and dispose of packaging. But something that got dispatched over 24 hours ago that is paper or cardboard is ok to us. So packaging no, but contents yes, we’re careful taking them out.

If spending an extra few minutes cleaning or disposing of something that anyone could have touched keeps me well it’s more than worth it. I’m anxious but far from hysterical and a few extra precautions aren’t exactly ott really.

Why do people have to knock each other, it’s so sad. Do what you need to do, or what the most vulnerable or anxious person in your household needs you to do to get through this, don’t judge others for what they need to do.