Shopping and COVID

We do not do this - advice to do so has never been given in Denmark.

We use hand sanitiser before going into the shop whenever one of us goes shopping, after we have put on a mask, and wash our hands when we come home.

Neither of us has caught the bug yet.

I am only in my 40s yes, you are right though - he was offering with the best intentions and I shouldn't moan!

JaneJudge, I wouldn't be too censorious, JJ, There must be some customers who have to let him into the house if they are disabled and unable to lift the bags through the door. He probably meant it kindly.

My home delivery driver wanted to bring the bags into the house yesterday and was quite peed off I said no (twice!) surely he shouldn't be going inside anyone's houses except his own

Tried home delivery but it is all a bit of frantic time trying to empty the delivery trays into our crates/bags. Plus one week they didn’t have any toilet rolls, or kitchen rolls or sparkling water, or dog tins. I’ve given up and now go to the supermarket which has everything. It hasn’t been busy lately either. I always wash the fruit and veg. Our larder for tins etc is in the garage. Hand washing, hand sanitising no socialising - fingers crossed for the best.

I have never wiped any shopping, but I do wash my hands after putting it away. Weve not had any problems, touch wood!

I'm with Franbern.

I have continued throughout to go to supermarket for my weekly shop. Often my only trip our for me and my little car each week. When I get home I wash my hands, unpack and put away all my shopping. Obviously, fresh fruit, etc get rinsed under the cold tap. Then I wash my hands again.
Before I prepare any food, I wash my hands.

Not very different to what I have always done. Similar with parcels and post.

Milton is just a weak bleach solution - that is why years ago we used to soak babies towelling nappies in it. I do have concerns as to how much bleach had been poured into the waterways over the past year. Does that go on to the sea?

EllenVannin I have wondered about this since the new variant began spreading like wildfire. DD and I discussed this and wondered if there was another vector other than personal contact and the only thing we could think of was domestic animals. Cats seemed the most obvious, because they wander around outside and the owners have no control over where they go or who strokes them.

I think I even posted these thoughts in another thread.

I don’t wash my shopping, but to be honest most of it isn’t used within days anyway. I do, however, sanitize my hands on entry to any location, plus hand washing at home. Surprised how many people don’t bother in shops now.

This isn't a joke but I saw something about vaccinating our animals, cats/dogs as it's still not known if they can spread the virus from an infected owner. This has been stated by scientists that it's a possibility.

I still wipe the weekly shopping with soapy water and like others, I find it's become a ritual. Things that can't be wiped, like bags of flour, just get left for a couple of days, or decanted and the bag put into the fire or the recycling bin. Our supermarket is good with sanitiser for the trolleys and the hands, and as I go very early, I feel safe.

It would be nice to know how long the virus can survive on various materials, but I haven't found any recent data (not that I've looked for a while). Has anyone got any up-to-date information?

I remove packaging at the back door and put it straight in the recycling bin. Then wash my hands thoroughly.

Just had a quick look at the government website and it says no need to wash outer packaging.

I’ve never wiped down any shopping that’s come into the house, nor washed carrier bags and hung out to dry like my next door neighbour does, ( her choice of course) I wipe down surfaces every day as always have done, wash hands countless times through out the day, this is what I’ve done from the start and not doing anything more

We quarantine some stuff and wash fresh/stuff to be kept in the house. We also wash our clothes and have a shower as we come in if we have had to go somewhere. We have been doing this since this time last year on recommendation from my daughter's Dr. I think a lot of people were advised to tbh

Most shopping delivered, as others have said, just wash hands thoroughly after handling, we’ve done this throughout.

No, did it once then saw an interview with Dr Fauci who said that there's no need. I do wash my hand after touching anything that has come into the house and that's it.

I had stopped wiping the shopping but then ten days after Christmas a huge spike happened where we live so I started again. I have a spray bottle and use diluted Zoflora to spray as much as possible and leave it to dry for a while.

I have a great pair of fine Marigolds that I don to remove as much packaging as is possible before putting things in fridge and freezer and cupboard. Tins are okay because they're not needed, just stored.
My daily newspaper sits on the floor in the hall for a good couple of hours as does post, before I read either. No hurry.

There's only me here so many things don't matter and I've been more or less isolated for a year as I was coming out of a " sick " New Year straight into lockdown and re-building my health.

Also living with my husband you both have to be on board with the idea. He comes in with shopping and sticks it away His post comes in to his office and he certainly doesn't quarantine it.
He would look on in horror if I started to wash food items with bleach or soapy water thinking I had gone totally batshit

After heeding government advice at the beginning of the epidemic, I started washing everything and then stopped, as I thought it was probably OTT. However, I have started again recently as I live in the southeast where the new variant is rampant.

Just hand washing after unpacking our shopping here. There has never been any official advice that this is required, and I consider it unnecessary.

I did it for a couple of weeks in the beginning but decided the viral load would be so small it wasn't worth doing.

If you wash your hands after unpacking I do not see a problem.

Norovirus has always been rife in the winter for years but we never wiped our shopping over, just washed our hands.

I've never done it just lots of handwashing and housecleaning. especially kitchen and bathrooms.