Precautions for these?

FlowerBear · ‎03-24-2018

What about the canisters in the drive thru bank?

Gas pumps?

Credit card touch pads?

Pens -everyone uses when you get a prescription.

I heard on the local news that many places will not accept cash now! What if people dont have credit cards?

DO YOU JUST USE HAND SANITIZER AFTER?

YOU CANT WASH YOUR HANDS UNTIL YOU GET HOME AND YOU WILL HAVE TOUCHED ALOT UNTIL THEN.

Bird mama · ‎03-12-2010

Before I was able to find some latex gloves at the dollar store, I wrapped my finger in a kleenex to touch the number pad on an ATM and the thing at the grocery store that asks for a PIN when I use my debit card.

My advice, take a paper towel and some alcohol with you and wipe your hands after you touch these things. Trust me it can be done.

There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

@FlowerBear -

Good points!

I think a good idea to not touch these things in many seasons-flu etc.

One thing I wouldn't have thought of but someone mentioned it-wash your hands after getting mail or packages!

That makes sense too!

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

Bird mama · ‎03-12-2010

Something else to think about since the virus can live a little while on surfaces. Take your shoes off outside the door if you can. Wipe down the soles of your shoes, especially if you've come from a store that had lots of people in it.

There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.

Bird mama · ‎03-12-2010

Incidentally, hydrogen peroxide is an excellent sanitizer if you are running low on alcohol.

There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

Or spray them with lysol.

I do that to my purse and when I used to go to drs offices during flu season but forgot about the shoes!

Thanks @Bird mama

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

Bird mama · ‎03-12-2010

@on the bay I'm best friends with Lysol Crisp Linen

There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.

BlueFinch · ‎08-31-2019

Many have likely had this virus on their hands, by now. That's why we're being told to keep our hands away from our face and to use hand sanitizers, when out and about.

Then we need to wash our hands well when we get home. Even at home, in a relatively disinfected environment, don't touch your face, without washing hands first. Just in case. The darn problem away from home is, that some people may not have been able to get hand sanitizers because of panic buying.

Remember, this is an opportunistic respiratory virus. I'm more worried about what I might encounter 'in the air' while out doing essential tasks, unable to avoid others, than what I might get on my hands. I definitely don't feel comfortable trying to go to the grocery store.

We can handle sanitizing our hands, lessening transmission through our eyes, nose, mouth, but not virus particles that someone may have released into the air, hoovering in wait. We can't stop breathing. It's why the focus is on crowd control. I wish it was only our hands we had to worry about. That would be easy.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

@Bird mama wrote:
@on the bay I'm best friends with Lysol Crisp Linen

Me too! I actually have that right by my door!(but the generic kind yes in lavender-might as well smell good

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

Grouchomarx · ‎01-23-2019

Lysol takes 10 minutes to disinfect. So if you going to spray things, wait a while to touch them. Personally I'm struggling with doing errands. I can't purell after every single thing i touch, I can't avoid touching public surfaces, then I need to get my wallet and touch my bag and it's just very stressful. I see people with gloves on but they touch their personal effects with it and then it's contaminated. You just can't win. I have not used an ATM since this all started. Had cash on me from returning from vacation. I am not tipping anyone in cash anymore. It's great! The $100 I have on me might last the whole year! People don't want it anyway.