I consider myself high risk for the virus and so I have come up with a protocol for going out.
First of all, I have cancelled all meetings and get togethers and have been in self quarantine on my farm for the past month. I have a farm which means that I am doing lots of physical work, other people do come and go to help out with various projects, but I have kept a big distance at all times. And I sell mail order, so no public contact is required. Just the post office. But people in the post office are sneezing and coughing and so I have limited going to twice a week.
1. Lately I began to wear my farmworking coveralls complete with the dust mask that I have to wear for my farm work and my gloves to these public places. I used to remove all these things and wear my “town clothes” but not anymore.
2. Before I come into the house, which I keep wiped down, I remove all these outer clothes and boots and gloves and masks and leave them outside on my mud porch. I wash the dust mask (it is made of fabric) out and let it dry overnight. You can sew your own cloth dust masks, they are pretty simple.
3. Before I started doing this someone sneezed and coughed right near me in the post office, and I was wearing my nice town clothes. So, once I got home I threw everything into the wash and washed it all right away.
4. If people were coughing or sneezing or anything like that in public I then shower and wash my hair. Sometimes I just do that anyway.
5. I wipe down all the door handles and gate handles. I never wear shoes inside the house. I keep the house as clean as possible.
6. Of course I am doing all the hand washing. And to avoid touching my face I keep my hair in a ponytail despite it being particularly unflattering. But who is seeing me anyway?
7. My grandmother kept her entire family alive during the 1918 Spanish Flu by having each of them swallow a clove of garlic every day. I’m doing an easier version of that that I hope works as effectively, I’m using garlic power in my cooking.
8. I’m up to date with my vaccines. I am drinking teas with turmeric, and taking elderberry syrups. I am fortunate to have good food and no issue with alcohol, so I am hoping that I can avoid getting this even if I get exposed.
People give me bad looks when I am walking around with my mask and coveralls on. But so what? They should be grateful that I am not sneezing or coughing on them. And that I am doing my best to avoid occupying a hospital bed should they or one of their loved ones require it.
They sell used cloth coveralls in most hardware stores. Mine are specifically for women and I buy them mail order from a small business in CA called: Rosie’s Workwear. I recommend considering some sort of over all clothing that you take off and leave outside of the area of your house or apartment that you spend the most time in. Even if you do not get coveralls. I have a tiny house without anywhere enough inside space, hence leaving it all out on the mud porch.
Ok, I just wanted to share the things that I am doing and thinking about with anyone who is looking for ideas for what to do if you must go out in public. When you really don’t want to, and when it seems as though everyone around you is not seeming to take this very seriously.
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And those "bad looks" don't mean squat. 
at every door! Basically a high-tech mudroom. UV light, shower, Silkwood scrub brushes!
I'm hoping to be able to live alone for the rest of my life, but with all of this craziness, who knows. 
I hate garlic. 
