Can I suggest one addition that might be feasible depending on the layout of your home: change your clothes outside the house (IF THAT IS POSSIBLE) and leave them in a basket for awhile and then wash. Also, leave your shoes outside.

I've gone out to the grocery store once since the Bay Area lockdown began. As soon as I came home, I changed clothes in the garage and left the shoes I wore outside.

I fully appreciate that this might not work for everyone, but I think clothes and shoes need to be part of the process.

clothing after such a shopping trip. I cannot see where my clothing would have become contaminated, frankly.

There were fewer cars and people. Shelves were stocked in every dept although quantity limitations were clearly posted. The only major difference we noticed, besides the few individuals wearing masks, was only the self checkout lines were open....all the rest were roped off.

following the guidelines here in SW New Mexico. From a friend in the southeast part of the state, apparently people aren’t social distancing at all. Surprise, surprise, that’s the most right wing part of our state.

I rode my bike and trailer because I expected the lot to be packed. I got there 20 minutes before opening time. Line stretched clear around to the back of the store. Deceptive since everyone was keeping a 6-10 foot distance. They had lists posted of items that weren’t available. Line went quickly and inside the store it was very orderly. “Limit 1 item” signs were everywhere you’d expect. Strictly enforced at the checkout. No paper goods, canned beans, bleach, Clorox wipes. Everything else seemed to be available. I’d been out of town for a couple weeks and ate all the perishables before I left. $245 later, I’m set now for 2-3 weeks.

Costco has stuff in quantity. Hence the long lines.

I've chosen the stores I visit based on their locations. So far, I've not encountered any crowds at all.

And since they were restricting entry, it wasn’t crowded inside so you could maintain distance. Checkout lines were short. I was surprised to see rice available. I was almost out so the 20 pound bag of basmati was my prize purchase.

Rachel showed how bright red Florida was with unusual readouts from a certain kind of thermometer. I wasn't surprised since I saw a post a week or two ago about a 10,000 person Baptist service being defiantly held. And today there was a post of a three seating revival going on near the DUer's town. I'll now keep watch on Minnesota. Massachusetts has moved from 5th in the country to 11th. I'm hoping that's because of early measures (not sure when they started as we two old people have been staying at home for weeks) or lack of testing swabs. We'll see.

That may well be reason for optimism. Our numbers are going up, but slowly so far.

I was the only customer in the place. After that, I went to the small house to check things out, then it was to the Dollar General where I sat in the parking lot for 10 minutes before it opened at 8. I was the only customer there too.

There was some tp on the shelves at both stores but still no hand sanitizer or disinfectant wipes. The bread shelves were mostly empty too but there was ample supplies of dairy products,eggs, meat, and poultry.

Last week, at around the same time on Sunday, all of those areas were empty.

I remain puzzled at the TP shortage, though. It will be back, but when is unclear.

Here's a chart comparing their actions and case numbers.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EToyuCJWAAMlxcD?format=jpg&name=medium

Here's the thread where the chart was first posted.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213145141

from Number One Son. He says for the most part,people shopping his Store are mostly Civil and do their best to not make contact with one another. BTW,their Inventories are just about gone. He is ten miles from his Warehouse and they can not feed his Store with Restock. Complete Supply Chain Breakdown.

were not at all respectful of space. ... I developed a 'cough' and that helped clear my area.