So I think supermarkets are one of the biggest risks of infection now due to the sheer amount of people in and out of them, many people with possible symptoms are going to be in them as they need to eat and a lot of people won’t/can’t ask for help.
Currently take a wipe or a bit of kitchen roll soaked in disinfectant to give the trolley handle a good wipe over, and the self scanner handle as self scanning means less queuing as less people use it, quicker time in and out as no loading onto conveyer belt which someone may have coughed over etc. Also use the sandwich bag I’ve stashed the disinfectant wipe in to cover the keypad when I put my pin in. Shop staff are constantly wiping down but still.
If I’m only picking up a few bits, I take my own bag and put stuff straight into it so don’t need to pick up a basket and only need to wipe the scanner.
I’m now thinking of using a face mask and wearing my glasses. Too much? I get that they are saying face masks are ineffective but they would surely stop some of the droplets if someone sneezes near me?
I have thick fabric ones that DS wanted last summer to wear with his Chemions which will go straight in the wash afterwards. I watched a video compiled by a Spanish doctor which said that if we have been in an indoor space, we should also remove clothes and put straight in the wash, then get straight in the shower as the virus sticks to hair and clothes and can obviously then be transferred to mouth/eyes/nose when we touch ourselves!
What a palaver. Lucky I only intend to go every 4/5 days. DH is still working but will follow the same protocol of clothes in the washer and straight in the shower when he gets in from now on. DC will only go out on supervised walks keeping away from others.
I know we’re all probably going to get it but I’d rather delay getting it for a few months until the ventilators and hopefully a treatment is ready, and until the warmer months which may weaken the virus.
No one in my area is wearing masks though.
Anyone else feel like this about the supermarkets.
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Worried about contamination while in the supermarket. Want to wear a mask-too much?
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NotFattyBomBom · 23/03/2020 00:49
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