@youkiddingme
Genuine questions aren’t too ‘old hat’ or ‘barking’ 😊.
Listerine, for example, is 10-30% alcohol, it’s far too low it’s mostly water. You can look up the COSHH sheet for almost every product sold in the uk.
Most shops are still getting hand gel in, you just need to be there when the order arrives. Try smaller boots stores they might not be able to tell you if there’s any
In the next order for sure, but they’ll tell you when the next order is due in at least.
You can use alcohol rub, hand rub, you can use things like IPA and mix in a little ALOE Vera - BUT personally I wouldn’t recommend it as it’s highly flammable.
Anything under 60% won’t work
It’s a bit painful, but it’s just a case of keeping on looking & asking.
Don’t spend a fortune buying from some twat on eBay who has pulled it all off the shelves and is now selling 50ml for £20 🙄
I don’t consider your post behaviour OTT,
I have set up a small table by the door. For post I’m opening it, putting envelopes in the recycling then washing my hands.
For parcels I’m doing much the same except I’m either spraying or wiping down the contents before lifting them out,
I’m being very careful with anything coming into the house as CV can live on surfaces for 9 days. I’ve now closed the spare room (prep storage) and I’m not taking anything out of there for 9 days. I have one area clear and new things can go there and after 9 days I’ll move them to the other side. It’s just easier (for me) than washing/wiping every single shopping item.
I have Dettol All-in-one (aerosol type can, but however it’s done now) that’s good for fabric& other stuff. I use that on my (canvas) nag &keys every time I come home and on the sofa in the evening before bed (especially the arms!). As well as on the car seats.
I don’t have a camping stove here (all in storage) but I’m not getting one. I
Personally don’t think power will be a big issue and if it is I’m happy to eat many things cold until it’s fixed🤷🏻♀️ I absolutely cannot see our Govt stopping those trades working on things in the street. But if I had my camping stove here, I’d have bought extra gas for it 😊
@OhYouBadBadKitten. Good thought about tying it all in with the budget, I hadn’t thought about it, but I suspect you’re right!
@tinkywinkyshandbag. Yes carrying small bar of hand soap is good if you’ll have access to water. I have thrown a couple of hotel guest soaps into my bag with a flannel - just in a zip loc bag. I don’t expect to use them (as I can’t think of anywhere I’d have access to water but not soap). I’m using my gel in the car, in & out of shops etc.
@just5morepeas - yes I have a roll of heavy duty black bags ‘just in case too’ but again I doubt ‘outside’ services like that will be totally stopped. Though I suspect recycling might be stopped where the sorting is largely done manually 🤢 But general rubbish may well end up being collected far less often 🤮. We have communal bins or I’d be all over bin buddy!
@Puppycorn as far as ‘contact goes’ it IS enough if we keep our own hands clean and DON’T touch our faces or eat etc without washing our hands. Other than being coughed or sneezed at, we have to transfer it from a surface to our eyes/noses/mouths.
Obviously it would be better/easier if everyone was practising good hand hygiene and coughing/sneezing etiquette.
It’s difficult with children as they bloody well touch everything then bring it in the house - which is a good reason to close all schools and keep them home. Little germ carriers!!