Current Events > Remember that doctor cleaning his groceries during lockdown?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjDuwc9KBps

What a weird time capsule this is

Lol

That doctor is the kind of person who cleans his groceries regardless of whether theres covid or not.

My parent were normal and careful in just about every way during the pandemic but they STILL INSIST on cleaning the groceries even after I told them that this is toeing a fine line from careful prevention to nonsense paranoia. We don't even wear masks anymore and they still want to wipe every single item.

wanderingshade posted...

My parent were normal and careful in just about every way during the pandemic but they STILL INSIST on cleaning the groceries even after I told them that this is toeing a fine line from careful prevention to nonsense paranoia. We don't even wear masks anymore and they still want to wipe every single item.

I mean actually it's pretty smart, a lot of that stuff is filthy... most people just can't be bothered and like to pretend otherwise.

I don't clean my stuff, except produce of course, but you have to think there aren't worse petri dishes besides hospitals and schools.

Alteres posted...

I mean actually it's pretty smart, a lot of that stuff is filthy... most people just can't be bothered and like to pretend otherwise.

I don't clean my stuff, except produce of course, but you have to think there aren't worse petri dishes besides hospitals and schools.

I get produce, but not the milk, bread, chips and cans.

well, you are going to have it out in the kitchen, things like milk, bread, cans while you are cooking.

You touch them and keep preparing your food with your "clean" hands.

People wander around touching, almost damn near fondling every item at a grocery store. Sometimes looking for the freshest date, and sometimes for no fucking reason that I can tell.

Those people just wandered in off the street from whatever they were doing, and I doubt they were clean... and the ones touching everything mostly look like the worst offenders.... anyway

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Seriously lol. It's people have never been on the internet before >_>

Alteres posted...

well, you are going to have it out in the kitchen, things like milk, bread, cans while you are cooking.

You touch them and keep preparing your food with your "clean" hands.

People wander around touching, almost damn near fondling every item at a grocery store. Sometimes looking for the freshest date, and sometimes for no fucking reason that I can tell.

Those people just wandered in off the street from whatever they were doing, and I doubt they were clean... and the ones touching everything mostly look like the worst offenders.... anyway

Cleanliness is completely overrated

People be like "eww, wash your hands after you pee", and then get in their car and rub their hands all over the steering wheel they've never ever cleaned in 5 years while eating in the car

And despite this nothing bad happens in either case

Alteres posted...

well, you are going to have it out in the kitchen, things like milk, bread, cans while you are cooking.

You touch them and keep preparing your food with your "clean" hands.

People wander around touching, almost damn near fondling every item at a grocery store. Sometimes looking for the freshest date, and sometimes for no fucking reason that I can tell.

Those people just wandered in off the street from whatever they were doing, and I doubt they were clean... and the ones touching everything mostly look like the worst offenders.... anyway

Fomites are avoidable as long as you're washing your hands and not sticking your fingers in your nose or in your eyes. And in any case, door handles, keyboards, elevator buttons, hand rails, touch screens, light switches and cups are more likely to have these things than items at the store.

There even seems to be some idea that COVID transmission through surface vector is nearly impossible.

But despite me saying research shows that virologists don't think surfaces transmitting COVID is anything more than incredibly rare, they still want me to help wipe everything down every week.

Yeah, this is weird, but I do still wash my hands after touching things like the mail that just came, bags from the store, etc. That's a habit from covid I kept even though I know getting it from surfaces like that isn't too likely.

Seems like a bit much to me, but I'd rather shame people who refused to take Covid seriously instead of people who went a bit overboard with the safety measures.