[SeekAndFind]

[Durbin]

Amazon delivered 4 lbs of espresso beans to my house a few days ago. I’m just happy to have my strong coffee. I don’t care about the rest.

[CodeToad]

I bet most people would freak out and kill themselves if they knew every human body contains bacteria and viruses. *shhhh* don’t tell them

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Open the stupid box, put everything away and wash your hands.

[Conserv]

Open it. Dump(or maneuver) the stuff out. Throw out box. Wash Hands.

It’s not that hard to figure out.

[Steve_Seattle]

I believe in using sanitary precautions, but you could write a comedy skit about someone taking it so far that are unable to do anything except wash their hands and sanitize objects all day.

You order a book from amazon, and it arrives in a bag on the front porch doormat. You take the book out of the bag and throw the bag in the trash because it might be contaminated. But now you've touched the book that was in the bag! What about it? So you spray the book with some sanitizer. But you set the book on the table! Now you wash the table. But now you've touched the can of sanitizer spray! So you spray it with another can. But you forgot about the doormat which touched the package! So you spray that. Oh, and the doorknob! And so on.

[JayGalt]

The virus lasts on cardboard 24h on plastics several days. Just let the box sit a day & then wash your hands.

[eyeamok]

Just light the box on fire, that should kill any germs. After all it worked with the Economy!

[Bell Bouy II]

Is this worse than Anthrax,do we know ? IMO Nope.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/23/anthrax.uk

[Sirius Lee]

Ha ha ha...and the contents of the box probably came from Wuhan.

[Ron H.]

Well what about that bag of hamburgers you received at the neighborhood Drive thru restaurant like McD's last evening or even at lunch today? That person that handed you your bag of food or drink was also the one who has bee taking all the public's paper money and making change at the drive thru window is now handling your bag of food before handing it to you, germs and diseases and all.

Paper money, that ugly very nasty germ ridden and infested thing we all use as currency in exchange for things we purchase. Where has that paper currency been before ending up at the drive thru and in the very hands of the person now waiting on you? Just don't dwell on that aspect too hard and continue on as usual.

After all this way of dining out is far safer than dining in isn't it? At least that's what the experts are telling us today isn't it?!

[montag813]

I needed a mini display port to HDMI 4k converter. Amazon has them in stock. But it will take a MONTH to get it to me via “Prime” shipping. All because of regards who can’t get enough toilet paper.

[SpaceBar]

The air — should you breathe it?

[Buckeye McFrog]

hmmm....should you touch or not touch the box?

Where is Billy Bush when you need him?

[ifinnegan]

Spritz it with alcohol if you’re worried.

Let it dry.

If you have a UV light source out it under that for half hour.

[lonevoice]

I’ve been trying like heck to follow a similar decontamination protocol as the one described. It’s enough to make you crazy! We just have to do our best, and pray.

[William Tell]

My principle is to do everything that I can so that I have no regrets about not doing more in case my wife or I get sick. We are both in the vulnerable population.

I met the mailman at my front porch the other day. I handled my door knob with my ungloved left hand and took the mail from him with my gloved right hand.

I went back in the house and closed the door with my ungloved hand.

Much of the mail is junk and was immediately filed in our garbage bin in the kitchen. I opened the bin with my ungloved hand and deposited the junk mail with my gloved hand.

My wife and I then opened the important mail. Each piece was opened being careful not to touch the contents. I then used a pair of clean tongs to pull the contents out and laid them on the table. The envelopes were then put in the garbage.

The process takes only a couple of minutes but I am fairly convinced that we can't get the virus from the mail. That was the goal.

So far we have had only one delivery of groceries and we carried out a similar process. Anything packaged in such a way that the packaging can be discarded is handled that way. Some items are airing out on a bed in a spare bedroom. One such item is a box of breakfast cereal. When needed the box will be considered contaminated and the contents will be carefully repackaged.

The grocery delivery came in a plastic bag. That bag was put in the garbage. Any boxes that arrive are assumed contaminated and dumped. Plastic bags and cardboard boxes have too little value to bother with them.

[shanover]

People are losing their minds.

[OrangeHoof]

I used latex gloves to pick up my two boxes and then wiped them down before opening. I told the local folks it was not about them but about all the places these boxes were before it got to them that concerned me.

That was “an abundance of caution” but I am careful about anything right now that comes inside my home.

I bought some oranges at the store and I wiped those down too when I brought them home (I’m not eating the peel anyway). Call me a nut but I’m still healthy.

[Amendment10]

Amazon seems to be COVID-19-aware, but I’d still disinfect packages and products.

Amazon’s COVID-19 blog: How we are supporting our employees, customers, and communities

Insights welcome.

[ALASKA]

As tempting as it always is, do not pop bubble wrap. Most of that is made in China, so those bubbles are full of Chinese air!