Are people still quarantining their food shopping

[UntamedWisteria]

Not sure I can be bothered with this any more, nor that it makes much difference anyway.

What do other folk think?

@Bartlet

So what type of transmission via surfaces do you think may occur? We are not shaking hands now. We are not touching the faces of those outside our household. Transmission via the hands is most frequently via surfaces. If you don't think that can be an issue, why do you think handwashing is being promoted? Do you think it is misleading to tell people handwashing can be helpful?

Do you think there is any need to wipe other objects that are frequently touched by multiple people, like hand rails on a bus, door handles at a hospital, pens or desks used in classrooms? If what you say is correct then many of the precautions being considered by workplaces and schools are unnecessary.

You put the shopping away then wash your hands. DC1 comes along 5 minutes later (with already clean hands) and takes the packet of biscuits out to have one so I assume they would now also need to wash their hands again before they eat the biscuit and sook their fingers and basically anyone else in the house who touches the biscuits now also have to wash their hands again....seems like a bit of a faff but might work wonders for my weight loss because I'm way too lazy to keep washing my hands every time I take a biscuit out of the packet plus my tea would get cold.

Much easier for everyone if you just give the packet a quick wipe.

I've never done it.

I suspect we'll look back at this in the future, and question why people did this. Anxiety?

dm now has a newspaper delivered, leaves it for a bit before reading.

Never did and never will. It would have set my OCD off and I dont want my DC witnessing me doing such a thing.

Neve even heard of it, let alone done it. Not had Covid19.

yy sunshine. That's why I'm doing it. If I don't wash the packets then I'll be touching them with clean washed hands before I eat and potentially transferring anything on the packet to me.

" it was widely recommended on here a couple of months ago and I don't see any reason why the risk is substantially less now."
MN is not the place to get recommendations about anything like this. There's too much pseudo-science on here (as with all social media).

Lots of the science is wrong. For a start, the term 'viral load' is frequently used incorrectly on MN (as has been several times on this thread). I'm not going into it go into that as I've mentioned it a few times before - I'll risk getting obsessive if I explain again!

In a nutshell get your information for a official source.

Thought this was a joke thread?

it was widely recommended on here a couple of months ago and I don't see any reason why the risk is substantially less now

Do people actually believe everything they read on Mumsnet? Most stuff that people post is absolute bullshit. The scientific community explained very early on that the risk of transmission from parcels or shopping was minuscule.

I don’t even wash my hands after never mind quarantining it

I probably wouldn't , left to me, but housemate is a an ex medic who used to work in operating theatres (anaesthetics). He has done his own research on what strength Milton we should use on surfaces - I said do what it says on the bottle. He read scientific papers, Milton s web site, WHO guidelines. They all disagreed 😂 so we follow the bottle.

Anyway - he washes the shopping and we microwave the paper. Letters are left by him - shaken out of envelopes by me and hands washed.

He is not bonkers, but his operating theatre training makes him very cautious as I have asthma.

Much easier for everyone if you just give the packet a quick wipe.
I'm sure it is, but a quick wipe will not sterilize anything. Read the directions on your wipes.

Never did.

Seems totally over the top for what is a miniscule "risk". As others have said, if shopping and deliveries were really so dangerous, shop workers would be getting ill in huge numbers.

I can understand people who are in the shielding group trying to control risks as much as they can, but for everyone else, it's way OTT.

Nope, never have and I live to tell the tale.

*For the supermarket workers who are saying you are handling produce all data, every day and just washing hands regularly.

That's great. That will work (sol long a you don't touch your face between hand washing). A great strategy.

But you are not living worth the products in your home and could be perhaps using produce at times when you are less alert. A workplace is very different to a home environment*

Presumably these supermarket workers also live with food in their homes too 🤷‍♀️

Does anyone remember the old dettol adverts that would show the flu after someone sneezed and he'd wipe it on lift buttons and door handles and you'd see these nice shiny germs everywhere. The advert said that the flu germs could live on surfaces for 3 days, and flu IS deadly. Tens of thousands of people die from it each year in this country, why isnt there all the panic washing of shopping in flu seasons?

As for the school pencil case argument, my personal opinion is that this is being done to placate the unions and the screams of "killing teachers" and actually holds very little scientific weight.

Sensible hand washing precautions is plenty.

We do - DH is shielding. It's easier to do than have him in a separate room 2m away from the whole family basically in solitary confinement for 12+ weeks! One of my colleagues who is an ex doctor is also doing it and in fact recommended it to me. As a PP said, if touching surfaces that may have the virus on is of such little consequence why are shops/offices/transport/schools getting so get up about it and wiping surfaces down? Are they all over reacting I wonder, particularly schools and shared resources?

Yes everything is wiped after weekly shop then car and all handles etc.

Are you really wiping down your car in case it infects you ? I have heard everything now. How and why ? Has anyone anywhere in the world caughfrom Corona virus from their own car ?

We're wiping car handles as one of the police reports said there were people trying their luck with opening car doors.

Also gates when we go walking, wheely bin etc.

Spn in my case because I get a flu jab.

No never have. Same with post. Where did you see that mentioned in the scientific advice?

So wipe them before use ( if you must) but when you get back from the shops, why ?? My car doesn't go anywhere between supermarket trips anyway.

Yes. By either throwing away the outer wrapping/packaging or wiping the rest with anti bacterial wipes. We’re shielding one of our children so it’s worth the 5-10 mins it takes for peace of mind.

I know someone shielding who got corona which can only have been from shopping, so yep I do as best I can but not manically

A quick google of "how long does corona remain on surfaces?" Should help you.

www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/preventing-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus

At random - this one is from harvard Q half way down saying it can remain on surfaces 72 hours and about washing groceries