Once the entire family is vaccinated with the second dose, and has gone through a two week

[Baitball Blogger]

waiting period, are there new guidelines about precautions that we have to follow with groceries and outside purchases? Right now we wipe everything with Lysol or Clorox wipes, or put the dry stuff in paper bags and leave them in a back room for three days.

[Ocelot II]

1. You don't have to disinfect everything.

Recent research indicates that covid isn't easily transmitted from surfaces. "In hospitals, surfaces have been tested near COVID-19 patients, and no infectious virus can be identified," Goldman says.

What's found is viral RNA, which is like "the corpse of the virus," he says. That's what's left over after the virus dies.

"They don't find infectious virus, and that's because the virus is very fragile in the environment — it decays very quickly."

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/28/948936133/still-disinfecting-surfaces-it-might-not-be-worth-it

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Thank you!

[Dream Girl]

3. I heard a several months ago that it is not necessary to wipe things down. I think it was Fauci or

Sanjay Gupta. It's a very big waste of time regardless of you vaccination status

[Baitball Blogger]

4. That is one practice I will be happy to drop.

[themaguffin]

17. Yeah I think as far back as last summer, they said that & nobody has gotten it from a surface like

that

[obamanut2012]

5. I haven't wiped anything like that since June, and the CDC

Doesn't really stress it's passed that way. It's mainly passed via air.

[Dream Girl]

8. I never did.

[soothsayer]

6. You probably never had to do that but we're pretty careful too

They kind of relaxed the “surface spread” warnings over time, but we remain fairly careful about contact.

Sooooo... I’d guess that a couple weeks after everyone has their second shot you’ll be free from your good hygiene.

[nilram]

7. Although I wash my hands a lot, and use sanitizer when I'm out,

I haven’t worried about groceries or packages for a long time. This is from last June:

We've been told for months that the coronavirus can be spread on surfaces we encounter throughout the day, but now the CDC is saying the virus doesn't travel as easily on items as we thought — so, is it time to ditch the disinfectant wipes?

“We've had millions of cases, and over 100,000 deaths in the United States now, and nothing has ever been traced to groceries or mail or a package, so I think that's telling,” said Dr. Tim Wiemken with Saint Louis University’s Center for Outcomes Research.

I guess I will let them sit a day or two or five, unless I need to use something, but I’m not dogmatic about it. (And it could be that I’m lazy.)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/cdc-updated-its-guidance-on-covid-19-and-surfaces-here-s-what-that-means-for-your-home/ar-BB14RoST

[brooklynite]

9. There has never been CDC guidance on packages and groceries...

Just personal behavior and hand-washing.

[Runningdawg]

10. I have been somewhat surprised at the number of people who did not

disinfect the tops of their cans before opening, prior to the pandemic. No need to get carried away, a little hot soap and water will do it. Also, drop that nasty can opener in the dishwasher every time you run it.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. Why would anyone think they need to disinfect the top of a can?

I've never done anything like that. And no, I don't get sick all the time. In fact, I'm pretty much the healthiest person I know.

[Runningdawg]

16. Work in a grocery store or food warehouse for a week and you will understand.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

18. Really? The workers do unspeakable things to the cans?

I can chalk that up to learning something new.

I still don't see the tops of cans as being a significant source of any kind of disease. Honestly, if that were actually the case, I'd think that there would have been reports about that over the years.

[Runningdawg]

20. Are you aware that EVERY grocery store and food warehouse

has roaches, mice and rats which pee all over everything and the cans more than likely contain the residue of the poisons used to kill them? To each his own. I will continue to clean the tops of my cans as I have for the last 55 years.
As for no reports? Likely passed off as food poisoning. Please, please tell me you at least wash your produce.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

21. Yes, I generally wash produce.

But there cannot possibly be that much residue if in my 72 years I've never had a problem with getting sick from handling cans. Again, your fear strikes me as incredibly overblown.

Most of the time food poisoning is quickly traced to a source, which is often a restaurant or produce from a store. From cans? I've certainly never seen such reports.

[DenaliDemocrat]

22. Myth busters investigated this

One of my favorite episodes

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. You never needed to wipe down everything.

Never. The virus just doesn't stay on surfaces in any meaningful way. Plus, now you have lysol and clorox all over everything, which probably has other bad impacts.

[liberal_mama]

13. OMG, I disinfect everything from the grocery store! Getting 2nd shot next week.

I will be excited not to have to do that anymore.

[Ocelot II]

15. You never did have to do it.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/28/948936133/still-disinfecting-surfaces-it-might-not-be-worth-it

[Meowmee]

14. You still need a mask etc.

As for wiping things, washing hands etc. I disagree. Sars cov was already proven to be transmitted to family members who were caring for a recuperating family member in their homes. It can be transmitted via saliva, urine and feces. They recommended sanitizing surfaces and bleaching bedding/ clothes etc.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

19. Covid 19 is not Sars, even though they are related.

Covid 19 is transmitted pretty much exclusively by droplets through the air. In fact, there seem to be zero cases gotten from surfaces.

The vast majority of cases seem to have originated with some super-spreader and close indoor contact. Church choirs and weddings come to mind.

So no, bleaching and disinfecting everything is not only not needed, but puts all kinds of bleach and disinfectant on things which simply isn't necessary.