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PA Engineer had a good suggestion with the ozonator...or whatever that machine is called.

I ordered one, because you can do more than just wash produce, with the ozone water/unit.

In the meantime....I am just rinsing realllllly good, giving it a dip in a bleach water, then rinsing, again.

Probably not doing much, but so far it hasn’t kilt us and hasn’t effected taste.

Rinse, dip in bleach water, rinse...
Wow! I’m very impressed.

On another point. If it was practical to protect the “at risk” while letting the young and healthy get infected at a rate that didn’t crush the health system- I’d be all for that.
Eventually it would succeed with the least cost in lives.
Great in theory, but I doubt it’s practical.

It is an ozonator. We have used them before. Most spas and swim spas have them rather than bromine and chlorine.

The ozonators are useful for washing produce. I don't eat our pears and apples, however I sterilizer them for my wife to give out at work. Our produce from the garden is also washed in ozonated water. We use the garage stationary tub because some people are highly sensitive to ozone.

I also purchased a high output unit to get rid of car odors. The worst was when I left the windows open and stink bugs infested the interior. Professional rehabbers use them on autos to get rid of odors. There are videos on YouTube of it.

My wife is exposed at the hospital. We have a protocol to follow. I use just a rubbermaid container with the ozonator inside. She gets out of the car, mask into heat sterilizer, gloves in trash, lab coat, scrubs and shoes into the rubbermaid and then off to the shower. I use 30 minutes for both the heat and ozone sterilizers. I also let her clothes sit for another 30 minutes during the ozone breakdown. Afterwards, the clothes get laundered.

Finally, I ozonate the inside of her car. 30 minutes is fine (high output unit) and then 30 minute wait and then air out the car.

With packages I follow the same treatment.

Our situation is rarer than most based on exposure. It is a bit of a PITA, however beyond that it is not that intrusive.