*** A friend called from Marble Falls saying everyone and their dog was in town today at Walmart and HEB. Hardly a mask or gloves in sight. ***
Today when I was at Lowe’s (goggled, N95, long sleeved overshirt, nitrile gloves), I bought some rebar. At checkout, I noticed the palms, and fingers of my gloves were covered in rust.
The checker said, “now imagine that isn’t rust, but the Covid 19 virus that you contacted from surfaces in the store, and now you’ve spread it to everything you’re touching.” As I wheeled my cart from the store, she called out, “it’s on your receipt, too.”
It really was an eye opener.
You pull the gloves off when you get to the car. Maybe put on another pair. Gloves are only worth one stop.
Have a special/separate grocery/trash bag, in BACK, to put your Wuhan rust gloves into. Tie bag off.
Get into car and use hand sanitizer.
Drive home with windows cracked.
Put on new gloves and get the lysol wipes....wipe all of your items down, set in sun for a couple of hours, remove gloves, go inside and wash hands.
That reminds me of the Mythbusters segment on pathogen spread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wPKBpk7wUY
Good lesson with the rust.