Wear nitrile gloves at the grocery store.

[trof]

Last edited Fri Mar 6, 2020, 07:53 PM - Edit history (1)

They're fairly cheap at Harbor Freight and other stores.
1. They'll protect your hands while grocery shopping.
2. They'll remind you not to touch your face.

[FreepFryer]

1. On the subway. Got some looks but those same people were way more aware of their own face-touching..

Not excessive.

[safeinOhio]

2. Thinking about some Q tips

for scratching my itchy eyes and nose.

[KT2000]

3. thought the same thing

every time I go into the grocery store now, either my nose, eyes, or cheek itches. Was thinking a box of Q tips in my purse might be the answer.

[safeinOhio]

7. Cheap enough.

Found a plastic tube with a screw on top. Have to pull it out by one tip and can use the other to rub my eye.

[bluestarone]

18. Good idea!

THIS will help us! TY I'm always scratching eyes or face area! Thanks again.

[Flaleftist]

50. Just make sure not to flip it and scratch your

eye with the side you held it from the previous time. Carrying a pencil and using the eraser end for scratching might also work and prevent such a mistake.

[milestogo]

4. Protect your hands from what?

Are you concerned that groceries are contaminated with covid-19?

[bullwinkle428]

5. Not the groceries themselves, but those who have previously touched those items.

[safeinOhio]

8. Money from change

worried me most. Dirty money from repubs.

[trof]

13. Push handles(?) on grocery carts.

Whatever you call that bar.
Notoriously germ laden.
I once saw a mommy change a diaper in that little fold down seat.

Our grocery stores have hand sanitizer dispensers.

[customerserviceguy]

42. That's disgusting!

If the store did not have customer restrooms with those pull-down Koala Kare diaper change tables (in both genders' bathrooms) then shame on them. If they did, then shame on the parent.

[Renew Deal]

45. Squeezing the cantaloupes

[Vinnie From Indy]

58. LOL

[Squidly]

54. Not to mention

The shopping carts, doors, keypads at the checkout...

[Dem2]

6. I have those gloves and thought of that

But since the gloves will pick up the virus and transfer it to things, it gives a false sense of security.

I'm washing my hands a lot wherever I go. If I must touch my face, I grab my collar and use the inside of my shirt to touch my face. I wash my face when I get home.

[wishstar]

9. But when you take gloves off, you still have to handle all those grocery items again

As soon as the gloves are off in the car or at home, you have to touch everything and is impossible to wipe or wash everything off that could be contaminated by previous person who may have touched those items.

Spouse and I were already taking every possible precaution this winter avoiding crowds and practicing all the hand washing, sanitizers etc. and not knowingly being around anyone who was sick but we still got bad colds. So I'm not too optimistic about avoiding this new virus although of course we will be avoiding public places even more and staying far from anyone who is coughing or who has told us over the phone about being unwell or feverish.

[phylny]

64. Same here, although my cold is mild.

I was at my father’s rehab facility with him this past week and washed my hands and used their sanitizer consistently. I caught a mild cold and slight sore throat. I’m going to skip church on Sunday and I did not sign up for blood donation on Monday.

[BayAreaAtLast]

10. I got my CA driver's license today

Touch screen test and no wipes/sanitizer/what have you in sight. You can bet I headed for the bathroom for a good scrubbing as soon as they handed me the temporary license!

[Sucha NastyWoman]

35. Is this your first license or just for a new locale?

Were you lucky enough to just move to San Francisco?

[BayAreaAtLast]

43. We just moved to Napa for my husband's job

We moved from Oregon. California is now the 6th state I've lived in, and I've wanted to move here since my first visit in 1976!

[Sucha NastyWoman]

44. Sounds wonderful

[USALiberal]

11. No thanks! Nt

[TheBlackAdder]

60. Yeah, man. That's going next level.

[stopdiggin]

12. not any time soon (nt)

[NurseJackie]

14. The cashiers at my local grocery store are wearing latex/nitrile exam gloves.

It's kinda weird to see, but I get it. Handling so much dirty cash and coins... ugh.

[trof]

15. I am the Poster Boy for who SHOULD NOT get this virus. Here's the drill:

I'm 78 and have mildish COPD.
Just did this at a doctor's office:

Put gloves on in car.
Did not touch face at any time.
Picked up no magazines.
Meditated(?) until called.
Peeled off gloves very carefully BEFORE I touched car door handle only touching wrists which had touched nothing and put in plastic trash (grocery) bag.
Sanitized hands and walking cane handle.

This is serious for us geezers.

[GulfCoast66]

16. No help there. The gloves get contaminated. And the skin is impervious to viruses.

Just wash your hands and for gods sake don’t touch your face before you do.

[trof]

19. Oh yeah. No help. That's why my doctors and dentist wear them.

Because they're just for show.
Did you REALLY think your post was helpful?
jeez

[GulfCoast66]

30. Yes. Your doctors and dentist are often using instruments that can cause bleeding.

To both you and potential them. And they are potentially dealing with huge germ loads. All day long. And getting a virus straight from a persons blood or other bodily fluid is nothing like picking up a box of Cheerios or a five dollar bill.

Plus, gloves can give a false sense of security when in fact you skin repels viruses just as well. And there is a whole protocol for taking them off. Ever notice how the first thing your doctor does after removing hisher gloves is wash their hands with soap and water?

Now masks are another story. We are being told mask aren’t helpful only because there are not enough masks! I agree they do not totally protect you from inhaling the virus. But it is impossible to touch your nose or mouth while wearing a mask.

Listen, I gave you my honest opinion based on some knowledge in the area and some opinion. In a very polite way. It’s out of line for you to go all snarky on me. If you don’t want to hear a different opinion to yours then don't throw the subject out there. Wear gloves if you want. But don’t think they are a magic screen. The minute you take them off do the exact thing you would if you had not been wearing gloves.

[cwydro]

46. Lol, I got the same reaction.

I thought this was a discussion forum.

[GulfCoast66]

47. Apparently some think it an agreement forum.

[cwydro]

48. I honestly meant no disrespect lol.

All I said was no thanks.

I guess you’re right!

[GulfCoast66]

52. Same here. I made a comment based on my education.

And experience. Oh well. People are getting freaked out and older people with health conditions are rightfully concerned.

I just worry that too many people wearing gloves think they can then behave in a manner different than if barehanded.

[HarlanPepper]

49. It's more helpful than your OP

For reasons explained by others in the thread. Spreading panic and disinformation doesn’t help either.

[cwydro]

17. Lol, no thanks.

[trof]

20. OK, fuck it. I don't know why I try.

[cwydro]

21. Hey, anyone who wants to do that, go for it.

I just can’t imagine doing that myself.

Do you expect complete agreement every time you post on DU? Goodness me.

[trof]

22. Yeah, goodness you.

Saw my dermatologist today.
Staff, nurses, doctor said "Gloves good idea".
Doctor called for a mask and gloves before he examined me because he had the sniffles.

If you're under 60 go right ahead.
Throw caution to the winds, but this shit could kill me.
I ain't fuckin' around with it.
I should post this in the Seniors Forum.

[cwydro]

24. Sorry I hurt your feelings.

Seriously, all I said was no thanks, not for me.

With that much of a thin skin, perhaps gloves ARE a good idea...

[trof]

25. Boy, you don't give up, do you? I think I know a way to fix that. Bye.

[cwydro]

27. Buh bye.

Stay safe now.

[KT2000]

33. they have ranked heart disease

as the highest risk for fatality from it. Next I believe is diabetes. As heart disease was recently diagnosed, I am practicing caution. Went to town today and when I saw people I knew I asked about their take on all of this. The one I knew to be a trumper thinks it is all hype and she has underlying kidney disease. Still a lot of complacency among the older folks, with a dash of fatalism.

[Maru Kitteh]

23. That's a great reminder not to touch your face. Ignore the Debbie Downers,

we all have to find ways to help each other through this.

[trof]

28. Thanks. You try to help and...meh.

[lunasun]

38. I also appreciate your post. TY

[rustydog]

26. Wash your hands regularly

wipe down the handle of the shopping cart with store-supplied wipes. Use hand sanitizer and do not touch nose, eyes or mouth.
Pretty simple defensive measures without panicking over this.

[cwydro]

29. This, exactly.

Thank you.

[trof]

31. You'd be surprised at how wearing a pair of blue gloves keeps hands away from your face.

If you are part of the high risk populace you need to do all you can.

[rustydog]

41. I am a member of the high risk populace, I work in a hospital

I am not panicking, I am following general contact precautions.

[pnwmom]

62. Simple? Oh yeah? What about people with children? n/t

[Initech]

32. NO!!!

I'm not wearing masks or gloves or any of that shit. I'm not washing my hands until my skin bleeds. I'm leaving my house and going out in public. I am living my life as I normally would. Fuck this shit.

[trof]

34. Damn! I bet you're also about 25 and bulletproof.

[Initech]

36. No I'm almost 40.

Isolation is never a good thing. If this virus is killing anything it's the economy and that's not going to end well.

We've been through this before. We've been through Zika Virus, we've been through West Nile, we've been through Mad Cow Disease, Bovine Flu, Bird Flu, I could go on and on. If we can get through those, we can get through COVID-19. The only difference is that the other diseases, we had a functioning government and a CDC that actually did its' job. These days I'm not so sure that can happen.

[Warpy]

40. That's a realistic attitude.

Avoid crowds as much as you can.

Don't touch your face with your fingers when you are out, use the back of your wrist.

If you start to feel ill and need to cough, do so in the crook of your elbow.

Wash your hands when you get home, before you touch much of anything. Wipe what you did touch with disinfectant..

Take this seriously enough to practice good hygiene. Don't get silly about it.

[Turin_C3PO]

37. My mom's wearing gloves when she goes out.

I should probably start too, given I have cystic fibrosis. You can never be too careful.

[Warpy]

39. That gets uncomfortable quickly and won't work worth shit

I've seen too many paranoid people glove up, go about their business, and touch their faces with their gloved hands. Gloves aren't magic and any contaminated surface you touch will contaminate the glove and spread the disease to you when you touch your face.

It's better and much more economical to train yourself to touch your face with the back of your wrist while you are out and about, then kill any virus of any type when you get home with soap and water.,

[Nature Man]

51. Nothing lasts forever

No one lives forever
Death is a part of life

Coming to terms with ones own mortality allays the fear of death.

[Newest Reality]

56. Yes,

One fact that I have yet to disprove is: impermanence. Ultimately, nothing lasts.

Oh, but how we would like that to not be so. It can generate a lot of unnecessary misery and neurosis when one ignores it completely with an "as if" view.

Flow like water!

[Nature Man]

61. AMEN!

[defacto7]

53. If you use gloves be sure you know how to take them off.

and you still need to wash afterward.

[sl8]

55. CDC poster, "How to Remove Gloves":

PDF:
https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/pdf/poster-how-to-remove-gloves.pdf

[jimfields33]

57. I'm just going day to day. I only worry about it on line.

Seriously I don’t even think about it running around like I did this morning. I guess I’m more concerned with getting my tasks done.

[mbusby]

59. I regularly dip myself...

...into a 55 drum of Everclear. I both wash and drink until I don't care anymore.

[cwydro]

63. Lol.

As good a “solution” as any.