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Yikes. Say you buy a box of cereal from the store... is there any good way to disinfect it, or just let it sit in the garage for a few days?
by davidw 7y ago
Yikes. Say you buy a box of cereal from the store... is there any good way to disinfect it, or just let it sit in the garage for a few days?
- krobbn 7y agoI don't think there is an easy way to disinfect it, maybe wipe it down with some lysol wipes if you have some. I guess your best bet is to just wash your hands thoroughly after going grocery shopping, and before and after eating.
- KCUOJJQJ 7y agoI'll only buy food that is in containers and clean the containers with a cloth with soapy water. Hopefully, soapy water is suitable. If I'm lucky I'll be able to get methylated spirit in the grocery store to make methylated spirit 70%. This concentration is mentioned in [1]. I could then fill up the empty bottles of surface disinfection spray that I've collected in the last year. [1] https://www.pphsn.net/Activities/PICNet/SECTION_7.pdf https://www.pphsn.net/Activities/PICNet/SECTION_7.pdf , page 101
- RL_Quine 7y agoWe've just be quarantining packages. They get shoveled into the garage and sit there for at least 3 days before opening. Seems like a pretty small convenience hit to stay safe.
- lliamander 7y agoWe quarantine packages as well, although I've read that the SARS2 only lasts for about an hour on cardboard.
- gautamnarula 7y agoI've seen 24 hours on cardboard[1] The best appears to be copper, which is 4 hours[1] which is why I bought some copper tape online and wrapped shared touch surfaces in my apartment with it (though be careful to avoid getting cuts when you grip it). 1. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/14/811609026/the-new-coronavirus-can-live-on-surfaces-for-2-3-days-heres-how-to-clean-them https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/14/8116090...
- lliamander 7y agoAh, thanks for the info!
- pengaru 7y agoThings that can tolerate it without getting ruined/spoiled will sanitize much quicker in direct sunlight.
- noodlenotes 7y agoMost disinfectants only claim to work on hard, non-porous surfaces.
- sfj 7y agoI wonder how well sunlight works?
- _bxg1 7y agoI made one last trip to the grocery store on Friday. Wiped the handle and bottom of the cart, but I'm just crossing my fingers that the items I bought were safe. Included lots of individual fruits, so not really feasible to sterilize. I'm in Texas, so hopefully it wasn't prevalent enough yet. Not sure what I'll do when I have to make another trip in a couple weeks if we're still in quarantine.
- jennyyang 7y agowash the fruits with a little bit of dish soap, soap is enough to disrupt the virus.
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- KCUOJJQJ 7y ago>Not sure what I'll do when I have to make another trip in a couple weeks if we're still in quarantine. Maybe we can develop good ideas? What about these ideas: * Vitamin/mineral pills * fruit juice / pureed fruit/vegetables (for secondary plant substances) * Visiting the grocery store when few customers are there * Apply cream to your hands. I always wash my hands often. They can become dry and tiny wounds occur. If lemon juice hurts your hands then it's bad. Germs can get into the tiny wounds. * Additionally, wear plastic gloves.
- johntash 7y ago> * Visiting the grocery store when few customers are there This is becoming hard with a lot of grocery stores reducing their hours now. Our local store is only open 8-8 vs 24hours normally; I'd love to go around 10 or 11pm like we normally do.
- earthtourist 7y agoI've been: 1. Opening cereal/cracker/other boxes with gloves on, taking out the bag inside the box, and recycling the box. I figure the interior bag hasn't been touched in days, typically, if it was ever touched by human hands. 2. For other things, like bread, I've been moving the bread into clean ziploc bags. 3. Washing things like Apples and plastic milk jugs with soap and water. Feels pretty paranoid but seems to make sense right now.
- davidw 7y agoFor some reason lately, the title of that book keeps popping into my head: "Only the Paranoid Survive".
- zaaakk 7y agoSure, except the mortality rate is nowhere near 100% and you will likely acquire the virus or it’s descendants at some point unless you continue washing your cereal boxes forever.
- cecja 7y agoScared of a cereal box but running around in the same jeans for 2 weeks. Sorry but that kind of behaviour and even worse the proudly presenting it on the internet is double + retarded. It's not helping you and YOU (YES YOU) ARE CAUSING PANIC FOR PEOPLE. You are not helping. Disconnect your internet and stfu.
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