Cleaning

Another one here who does the minimum. Have food delivered but just put it away. Spray worktops with bleach cleaner and wash hands. Dont read newspaper while eating- nothing worth reading anyway. Leave plastic wrapped parcels 2/3 days before opening ( QVC gives you 60 days to return so no rush there ?). Have only left house twice since lockdown so no precautions needed there

Our house is a tip!
But I know people who clean the whole housebwith bleach regularly without covid so goodness knkws what they are doing now!! They have the sort of decor that can be qiped daily - laminate floors, leather sofas etc and hardly any possessions! We have carpets, fabrics and lots of stuff

Kim19- I only like dusting with my fab Pledge fluffy duster thingy with the long handle. Also only do it fortnightly whether it needs to be done or not.
Back up on my pedestal in sluts corner.

Anti bacterial products are designed for just that, to protect against bacteria, and Covid 19 is a virus not bacteria.

Question - if you wash vegetables and fruit in soap and water how many times do you have to rinse them to get rid of the smell, by which time I suspect they would be inedible?

Those vulnerable people who never left the house and yet caught the virus, were they visited by a district nurse/carer? Hard to believe it would be just the groceries delivered.

I have always been careful. Once saw assistant sneezing over the cooked meat counter and girl coming in the bakers after putting the bins out and serving unwrapped bread without washing hands.
Because of my age and vulnerability after my on line delivery I wipe everything with microfibres cloth soaked in bleach solution. Saw on TV a teaspoonful of bleach in a litre of water is the best. Anti bacterial products useless against viruses.
My help still comes but keeps her distance and is always washing her hands.

jaylucy

My DH donated blood a couple of weeks ago. He had a text saying wear a mask if possible, so he did.

Our DIL is a Donor Carer for the National Blood Service, she was working the day he donated.

She commented on the mask, the staff didn’t know donors had been asked to wear them, they wondered why so many people had them on!

(The staff were of course wearing masks and other PPE).

I wipe down items with milton leave shoes at door and wash my hands thoroughly. Wash fruit normally. So far so good 13 weeks in.

Good girl. Redeemed!

I love this M33ary bless your heart

I leave the post for 3 days except if it’s NHS then I open it

I m so happy that NHS letters are so different to all other post and carry no nasty viruses ???

I don’t do any of the extreme cleaning. It just seems bonkers to be wiping shopping down. I open letters And parcels straight away, then wash my hands.

We are careful about hand-washing, using hand disinfection in shops and keeping the stipulated distance away from people.

At no time here in Denmark have we been advised to de-contaminate shopping or post.

We shop, come home and put the shopping directly into the fridge, freezer or pantry.

I wash my hands when I come back home, but not after opening letters or reading the newspaper.

It's not just me, no-one is following the precautions that you are talking of here.

I cleaned the house thouroughly before going into hospital for an operation, three weeks ago. No cleaning done since then, as I can't do any. Washing up and cleaning the toilet is the limit.

We haven't come to any harm and the level of infection here has been far lower than in the UK throughout.

I am not OTT I have hand sanitizer in the car use it as soon as I get into the car wash my hands as soon as I get home wash fruit veg etc wash hands again I think I have OCD or soon will better to be safe than sorry. The virus isnt transmitter from paper cardboard etc say the powers that be!

The extreme cleaning discussed on this thread makes me feel that one result of the pandemic might be a steep rise in obsessive compulsive disorder.
Soap and water or alcohol will kill off the virus. Absolutely no need to use Milton (which is just bleach), anti bacterial wipes (as Covid 19 isn’t a bacteria), or indeed bleach.
Just keep your home clean with soap and water and don’t have face to face contact with anyone (or any pets). Hand washing is the most effective thing you can do.

I’ve just remembered. I have family abroad and they have been told never to allow outdoor shoes inside their home.

No. The only thing I wipe down from my shopping are milk cartons/juice cartons as they can be a bit dirty on the base, sometimes. Otherwise, the shopping goes straight into the cupboard, fridge or freezer. I don't get changed when I return, either. Fruit and veg gets washed (or peeled, depending what it is) before it is used (not with soap or diluted bleach, just water, as I've always done - I certainly don't want to be ingesting bleach or soap).
Mail gets opened when it arrives. What I do do, is wash my hands thoroughly. I am not obsessive about cleaning, just do what I've always done. Apply common sense and you should be fine.

@BlueSky I believe here in Scotland the face mask rule comes in to play as of Monday as well.
Seems utterly bonkers that's its only just being introduced as a rule!
I have no plans to get on public transport any time soon.
I had cause to make a journey from England back home last week via Gatwick airport. Very strange, very stressful experience. Needs must, I had to get home.

I have stopped wiping every last thing that comes over my threshold. Just aswell, I don't think the grandkids would have appreciated that much yesterday ?

I'm with Bluebelle on this. The only thing I have stepped up is to make sure DH washes his hands more often! I've always been a huge devotee of handwashing which is probably why I haven't caught anything, not even a cold, for fifty years. My cleaner hasn't been for three months and DH and I have been sharing the cleaning. DH turned out to be an absolute whizz at it. His mother (Mrs. I don't like to see a man cooking or cleaning!) deprived him of years of joy! We do it once a week, apart from the loos which are every day and we'd continue doing it but my cleaner is lovely and I miss her.

It took me ages to read through this thread but it was worth it and I am happy to announce myself to be a pretty average slut.

My cleaner/carer has been with me for over 14 years but during that time she and her family moved house and now she comes to me by bus and train. I pay her one hour travelling time which I am still paying whilst she is not actually travelling. Those of you who have carers will know that not all of them are worth clapping for so if you get a good one you will do anything to keep them.

I think there is an unknown or misunderstood variable in all this as I keep hearing about isolated people, like me, getting the virus no matter what. Ho-hum...cant worry about the unknown; that is the path to anxiety and depression.

Thank heavens for BlueBelle and similar others - live your life - respect other people's opinions but don't let the worry kill you. What will be will be.

Deep cleaning basically means fumegating absolutely everything. Not necessary, especially if you have no one entering your house. Also recent guidance says there is very little chance of pickling up the virus from cardboard, paper as long as you clean your hands AFTER handling. You are carrying out guidance to the extreme. Wash fruit and veg as you would normally. Once items in your house 72 hours should be okay to handle if you are uncomfortable about touching when delivered but again, wash hands after opening.

NanaHev, I like your double decanting method, I want to do that too.

I don't kiss the visiting dog but I still kiss and cuddle my own dog.

When the so. Was young I had a friend with two kids around his age. She was obsessive about cleaning and bleaching and even got rid of the dog.
Her kids were always sick. Mine was rarely at the doctors despite crawling around the floor and eating cat food and such.

Should read “son”