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PoindexterOglethorpe

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21. Yes, I generally wash produce.

Reply to Runningdawg (Reply #20)

Thu Mar 18, 2021, 05:14 PM

Mar 2021

But there cannot possibly be that much residue if in my 72 years I've never had a problem with getting sick from handling cans. Again, your fear strikes me as incredibly overblown.

Most of the time food poisoning is quickly traced to a source, which is often a restaurant or produce from a store. From cans? I've certainly never seen such reports.

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Once the entire family is vaccinated with the second dose, and has gone through a two week [View all] Baitball Blogger Mar 2021 OP

You don't have to disinfect everything. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #1

Thank you! Baitball Blogger Mar 2021 #2

I heard a several months ago that it is not necessary to wipe things down. I think it was Fauci or Dream Girl Mar 2021 #3

That is one practice I will be happy to drop. Baitball Blogger Mar 2021 #4

Yeah I think as far back as last summer, they said that & nobody has gotten it from a surface like themaguffin Mar 2021 #17

I haven't wiped anything like that since June, and the CDC obamanut2012 Mar 2021 #5

I never did. Dream Girl Mar 2021 #8

You probably never had to do that but we're pretty careful too soothsayer Mar 2021 #6

Although I wash my hands a lot, and use sanitizer when I'm out, nilram Mar 2021 #7

There has never been CDC guidance on packages and groceries... brooklynite Mar 2021 #9

I have been somewhat surprised at the number of people who did not Runningdawg Mar 2021 #10

Why would anyone think they need to disinfect the top of a can? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #12

Work in a grocery store or food warehouse for a week and you will understand. Runningdawg Mar 2021 #16

Really? The workers do unspeakable things to the cans? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #18

Are you aware that EVERY grocery store and food warehouse Runningdawg Mar 2021 #20

Yes, I generally wash produce. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #21

Myth busters investigated this DenaliDemocrat Mar 2021 #22

You never needed to wipe down everything. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #11

OMG, I disinfect everything from the grocery store! Getting 2nd shot next week. liberal_mama Mar 2021 #13

You never did have to do it. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #15

You still need a mask etc. Meowmee Mar 2021 #14

Covid 19 is not Sars, even though they are related. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #19