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meadowlander

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10. Yes. Wash your food before your cook it and wash your hands

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 03:30 AM

Mar 2020

after you touch it and before you eat it. You'll be fine.

You are almost inevitably going to get Covid-19 at some point unless you really live in the boonies. Instead of worrying about everything you touch, build up your immune system now to prepare to fight it off.

80% of the people who get it are only going to get the equivalent of the flu, particularly if you're young and generally healthy. I wouldn't go out of my way to try to catch it, but I wouldn't lose sleep over it either. Take sensible precautions. Not touching anything in the grocery store is not a sensible precaution.

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Looking At The Supermarket Through The Eyes Of This Coronavirus Crisis..... [View all] global1 Mar 2020 OP

our house does not buy off the salad bar, and costco veggies are pretty much packaged nt msongs Mar 2020 #1

People touch and handle packaged and canned goods too frazzled Mar 2020 #2

You Can Swab Down And Sanitize A Can Or Package.... global1 Mar 2020 #5

What about the packages and cans? Big Blue Marble Mar 2020 #3

It only clings to certain surfaces, right? and then only lasts on them for under a day. skip fox Mar 2020 #12

I'm not going near that hot bar at Whole Foods C_U_L8R Mar 2020 #4

What's wrong with the hot bar? Flaleftist Mar 2020 #7

+1. "How many people have touched those spoons/tongs?" dalton99a Mar 2020 #8

just as I was leaving KT2000 Mar 2020 #6

I dunno. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #9

I have also always had a pretty "casual" attitude toward germs and so far have smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #15

Our immune system is designed to be challenged by all sorts of things. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #16

When I was around three and a half I had a terrible flu. I was delerious, sky high temperature, I smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #18

It's a combination of genetics and what you've been exposed to. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #19

Interesting about the flu vaccine. I wasn't aware of that. I have not had a bad smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #21

I was very surprised by that. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #22

Yes. Wash your food before your cook it and wash your hands meadowlander Mar 2020 #10

General habits pat_k Mar 2020 #11

My favorite grocery stopped putting out samples this week and food bars looked untouched wishstar Mar 2020 #13

The hand-held scanner at Home Depot grossed me out to no end. SMC22307 Mar 2020 #14

None of the stores are filling the handiwipe canisters often enough Awsi Dooger Mar 2020 #17

Costco had the greeter wiping down cart handles spinbaby Mar 2020 #20