[Chemist_Geek]

Ordinary bleach/alcohol/peroxide, are good disinfectants. So is vinegar full strength.

Bleach is also generally good against chemical warfare agents, so people can kill two birds with one stone as it were.

Vinegar full strength, to me, means 96% glacial acetic acid. :-) You're writing of grocery store vinegar?

As far as equipment goes, gloves are available as you note. Regular handwashing, refraining from touching one's own face, and preparing one's own food and dining at home, will probably give the greatest reductions in infection probability for the least effort.

I wrote: The problem, of course, will be getting people to stay home and not go to work if they feel ill. It's bad enough with flu and colds.

I should amplify that by noting that quarantining a person at home will likely result in infections amongst the entire family. That is not good, and the family members will likely carry the pathogen outside the home as they go about their business, which is even worse.

[Dog Gone]

Vinegar full strength, to me, means 96% glacial acetic acid

Zounds! Your screen name is no joke!

[Judith Anne]

No, I meant grocery store vinegar, 5% acetic acid. Seriously, it is a very good disinfectant.