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Yeah, same. It's kind of become a mindset now, and the way I see it, the habit is a net positive so I will likely retain it for years to come.
by approxim8ion 6y ago
Yeah, same. It's kind of become a mindset now, and the way I see it, the habit is a net positive so I will likely retain it for years to come.
- elisaado 6y agoCare to tell me how it is a net positive? What kind of germs/virussus are you cleaning off that you wouldn't have come in contact with in the grocery store itself?
- approxim8ion 6y agoI was mostly talking about deliveries, but fair point.
- bartvk 6y agoA net positive in what sense? What is positive about it?
- turing_complete 6y agoOpportunity cost. Keep in mind that those conditional probabilities multiply: Surface has been contaminated * chance of transmission * chance of dying All three are (for most people here) similarly small numbers. Do you want to spend your time doing something that can save you with probability < 1/(10^15)?
- baud147258 6y agoI think the idea is that you're cleaning not just Covid-19, but also any other kind of contaminant
- 1_player 6y agoThere is bacteria everywhere in your house, on your skin, inside of you, on every single surface on planet Earth. The idea was to keep Covid out, any other contaminant you think you're getting rid of has already breached your security. In fact, bactericide usage will select for stronger and more resistant bacteria. What you need is a clean room, otherwise it's a futile exercise.
- sokoloff 6y agoPeople largely weren’t doing this 18 months ago and many started doing it around 12 months ago; what changed their mind?
- jjk166 6y agoCommon diseases like the flu were always unpleasant, but you especially don't want to get them during a pandemic. I'm sure a lot of us started sanitizing surfaces when it was believed that's how covid spread, but it's been really nice not getting sick for a year now and I for one will keep doing so long after the pandemic is over.
- quickthrowman 6y agoPlease provide evidence that sanitizing surfaces prevented you from getting sick.
- jjk166 6y agoSpend a year licking dirty doorknobs. If you also don't get sick, I'll consider my hypothesis disproven.
- HWR_14 6y agoI don't know why "chance of dying" is there. Long-term damage is a possibility. Hell, even having a fever for 3 days is a real (but much lower than death) cost. I'm not worried about the fever, but I am worried about lung, brain or heart damage.
- spoonjim 6y agoUsing the same time to just lift a small weight or do a few squats in place will probably have 1000x the benefit in Quality Adjusted Life Years.
- hyko 6y agoYeah, an extra fifty minutes of life instead of an extra three seconds.
- triceratops 6y agoPut the grocery bags on the floor, squat down to clean them. Two birds, one stone.
- brundolf 6y agoOh I definitely won't be doing it any more once I'm fully vaccinated. I just like to be one or two levels of precaution above the common advice because getting long-COVID and potentially ruining my life at 29 is one of my worst nightmares right now.