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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy COVID-19 routine
While Gov. Whitmer has moved Upper Michigan and much of northern lower Michigan to stage 5, I'm still continuing the routine I had when the state was shut down.
High touch items such as remotes, cordless phones, cell phones, door handles and such are disinfected daily.
Kitchen and bathroom counters are sanitized daily and disinfected every few days.
I wear a mask when out and about and use hand sanitizer when I leave a place such as a store and post office.
I go to the stores when they first open (8 a.m.) as fewer people are there at that time.
I take a Clorox wipe with me when I go into a store to wipe down the shopping cart handle.
Canned goods an non-perishable items I purchase at the store are kept in the basement in the grocery bags for at least 3 days before I put them away. Other items are wiped down with Clorox wipes or washed with soap and water before putting away.
When gassing up the car, I use the disposable glove that are available at the pump. Even then, I'll use hand sanitizer after getting back in the car.
Bath towels, hand towels, dish towels, wash cloths, dish cloths are replaced daily with clean ones that have been washed and dried on the sanitize cycles of the washer and dryer.
I do my best to maintain social distancing when out and about.
I'm not under the illusion that I or my wife won't get infected but I'm doing what I can to reduce the chance.
Bev54
(10,053 posts)and they are hard to buy but I keep a roll of doggie poop bags in my car and put one on my hand when gassing up and throw away. They are also biodegradable.
Kaleva
(36,312 posts)I also keep a bag filled with other small shopping bags in the back of the vehicle to use in case there aren't disposable plastic gloves at the gas station pump but it's been awhile since I had to use one.
SharonAnn
(13,776 posts)I still have plenty of them.
DownriverDem
(6,229 posts)but not as intense as you. We use masks when we go out and hand sanitizer when we come out of a business for not just our hands, but the steering wheel too. We also social distance. We pretty much are staying home since March. We are concerned about a wedding we have UpNorth Aug 1st and wonder if we will go.