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OhNo-Really

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10. I take all precautions. Even dipped my bday cards in 10/1 water/bleach bath 🤷🏻‍♀️

Reply to NurseJackie (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2020, 04:41 PM

Mar 2020

Time for junk mail to stop!

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Should You Be Disinfecting Your Mail? [View all] NurseJackie Mar 2020 OP

i thought of this too....esp mail Im sending to older folks... samnsara Mar 2020 #1

Everyone needs a little joy, distraction and beauty in their lives. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #2

What do you make? nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #25

My kids bring my mail into the garage while I'm hibernating... Frustratedlady Mar 2020 #3

I'm sure this couldn't happen... but it's still frightening. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #5

With this stuff, anything is possible. Frustratedlady Mar 2020 #14

I'm in a high-risk high-vulnerability age group... NurseJackie Mar 2020 #16

Same group. That's why I'm hibernating. Frustratedlady Mar 2020 #18

I'd be more concerned about my local carrier... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2020 #4

Yes!!!!!!!!! mchill Mar 2020 #6

I leave my mail and packages in a quarantine section for a few days Nonhlanhla Mar 2020 #7

Same here. No hurry to open that utility bill. The junk mail goes in the recycle bin in the garage Raven123 Mar 2020 #26

Been running an ozone generator over my mail Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #8

Would putting it in the microwave for 15 seconds do the trick? jimfields33 Mar 2020 #20

No idea?? Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #24

I chuck the junk, then spray the rest with isopropyl. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #9

I take all precautions. Even dipped my bday cards in 10/1 water/bleach bath 🤷🏻‍♀️ OhNo-Really Mar 2020 #10

There's only one thing customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #23

I share the frustration. I walk from mailbox to garbage outside. What a waste of $$ OhNo-Really Mar 2020 #42

A UV lamp would be a good candidate to disinfect the mail... Brother Buzz Mar 2020 #11

Hospitals are using 3 times the usual strength of UV rays, iirc. Lars39 Mar 2020 #12

Understood... Brother Buzz Mar 2020 #17

True Lars39 Mar 2020 #19

I've been wondering about this. StarryNite Mar 2020 #13

I take the junk mail directly to the recycling and then wash my hands wryter2000 Mar 2020 #15

I give everything a dose of isopropyl alcohol spray The_jackalope Mar 2020 #21

I've been wiping fronts and backs of envelopes with a Clorox wipe. sinkingfeeling Mar 2020 #22

I quarantine bills for 4 days (tried bleach, but it wipes out ink). Packages -- 10 days. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #27

I'm stopping the mail for three weeks. Pay my bills online don't need the junk mail. sarcasmo Mar 2020 #28

I disinfect anything that comes into my home. bamagal62 Mar 2020 #29

the amazon package should be safe? what about the delivery guy who *just* sneezed on it? unblock Mar 2020 #30

Wash your hands if you're worried. Tipperary Mar 2020 #31

We're leaving stuff outside for 24 hours Greybnk48 Mar 2020 #32

Treat everything like it's raw chicken MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #33

Maybe heat it in the oven... set at 250? NurseJackie Mar 2020 #34

Would spraying mail with Lysol work? PufPuf23 Mar 2020 #36

I imagine so. But would a gentle "misting" be enough? Or does it need to be soaked? NurseJackie Mar 2020 #40

Figured to spread the mail out on this table where put mail in office PufPuf23 Mar 2020 #41

No need MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #37

Meh, it all goes in the trash unopened anyway Amishman Mar 2020 #35

Yes with Lysol, or Odoban JCMach1 Mar 2020 #38

I am cleaning EVERYTHING. KentuckyWoman Mar 2020 #39