Cleaning

Nandalot. I heard of a man who was shielding. He hadn't been outside his house for a month. Shopping was dropped at his door.

He is now in hospital very ill with Covid. As he hadn't seen anyone the virus must have come in via the shopping.

We are wiping our shopping in a dilute solution if bleach. I thought I was being over cautious until I heard that a lady, over 80, who was self isolating had caught Covid. The only thing coming into her house was the shop which had been delivered.

What BlueBelle said.

Like you calandergirl I don’t wash any clothes or myself other than my hands
I have used public transport and felt very very safe the buses are disinfected every time they come into the station people are wearing masks and you don’t sit near anyone every other seat is blocked

Well I don’t do any of that, shopping is delivered and goes straight in the fridge or cupboards or my mouth
Post or parcels are opened read or used. Outer package is thrown or put on my shelf where I keep good envelopes for reuse

Just wash your hands that’s really all you need do I think it’s really quite damaging to be so terrified that you are asking if all these extreme things you already do are not enough, this sort of fear can cause mental health problems
All my friends and relatives, even shielding ones do nothing more than I do and one of them is extremely house proud
I think this fear is much more damaging than the virus is

I don’t quarantine anything. I wash my hands well when I come in from shopping, put the shopping away, I don’t disinfect or wipe it, then wash my hands well again.

Post is opened when it arrives, then hands washed well again.

Hands washed thoroughly before touching any food to eat or cook, veg peeled, fruit washed before eating.

I do my usual cleaning of bathroom, kitchen, work surfaces etc.

I don’t change my clothes, wash my hair or shower when I come in from shopping.

I’m fortunate to live in a quiet area, not crowds of people, not very busy shops, don’t have to use public transport.

I think 72 hours seems to be the recommended time to quarantine food items.

Anything for the fridge I disinfect if I need to use it earlier.

I just put the freezer food away as it is and it gets used about a week later.

Not sure if this is correct as I don't think anyone knows enough about Covid yet and how long it lasts on surfaces.

I don't do any of that, just lots of hand washing.

‘Deep’ cleaning used to be confined to the likes of operating theatres, as I recall.
It seems to have taken over from good old ‘thorough’ cleaning - maybe people think it sounds better.

We do quarantine shopping for a day or two, ditto post and parcels. Any fruit that needs to be eaten very soon goes in a quick bath of Milton. We don’t wipe anything - just wash hands after handling anything that could be suspect.