PSA: How to unpack groceries and prevent bringing viruses into the home.

[mysteryowl]

It is also recommended to wipe down surfaces in your home periodically, such as door knobs,
light switches, keyboard, phone...


This is extra effort, but I think it will improve the chances of staying well.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. A little perspective from a public health expert, who says

don’t panic about shopping, getting delivery or accepting packages.

A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine is making people think twice about how they might be exposed to covid-19 if they open a box delivered by UPS, touch packages at the grocery store or accept food delivery. The risk is low. Let me explain.

Yes, the virus can be detected on some surfaces for up to a day, but the reality is that the levels drop off quickly. For example, the article shows that the virus’s half-life on stainless steel and plastic was 5.6 hours and 6.8 hours, respectively. (Half-life is how long it takes the viral concentration to decrease by half, then half of that half, and so on until it’s gone.) ...

In the epidemiological world, we have a helpful way to think about it: the “Sufficient-Component Cause model.” Think of this model as pieces of a pie. For disease to happen, all of the pieces of the pie have to be there: sick driver, sneezing/coughing, viral particles transferred to the package, a very short time lapse before delivery, you touching the exact same spot on the package as the sneeze, you then touching your face or mouth before hand-washing....

In this model, the virus on the package is a necessary component, but it alone is not sufficient to get you sick. Many other pieces of the pie would have to be in place.

The rest: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/26/dont-panic-about-shopping-getting-delivery-or-accepting-packages/

[In_The_Wind]

2. Thank you

Bringing home food has been interesting.

[Shermann]

3. Yes each individual anecdote may be low

But low + low + low + low + low + low + low + low + low > low

[ffr]

4. He shakes the bags over the food?

Many of his ideas are better than his practices. I had to stop watching.

[Habibi]

5. Dr. Fauci is kinda "meh" about it.

At about the 2:22 mark.

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. Several experts are agreeing this guy is WAY overdoing it.

There are more important vectors to worry about.