Totally - but it (the fact that the delivery driver sanitises his hands) doesn't matter (in this case) does it? The point is you wash on the assumption that the virus may be there. But viruses do spread - colds do, flu does. They spread on coins on handrails on door knobs on....because people don't adhere to the rules all the time. So unless Mr Delivery man is hand sanitising between each delivery and Mr Picker does and everyone who touched that can did - that tin of beans is the potential problem - and that tin of beans got infected because either someone coughed near it, sneezed, touched it....blah blah.
It is no different to the hanging strap on the tube - apart from it enters the house like a coin. The delivery man can sanitise his hands all he likes - the thing he passed (like a coin) can have had the virus before it left the SM.
And if analysis of nibbles on a pub bar is anything to go by, people in general AREN'T that hygienic.
I’ll wash my hands as often as I can in whatever circumstances I can, and hope that everyone else is doing the same. It’s not going to guarantee anything, but it should improve the odds. 🤞
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I suspect some of us might be over thinking this. All we can do is wash our hands more frequently than usual, preferably using soap and water. When things get worse, we may need to consider avoiding crowded places etc, etc.
I take it that @Tin pot now believes there is some risk to some people.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
->Touch something that someone else (who may have the virus) has touched
Would you then wash your hands again?
If not, why not?
Why then ignore the things you bring with you - ie into your environment? Surely you wash your hands after touching coins/notes or do you not bother if they are coins you have in your house?
Would you touch your loose change, then butter some bread and eat it?
Normally I don't wash my hands that frequently. Now I am washing them more. Once all this is over, if i am still here, I will probably continue to wash them more often.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
The extrapolation of risks that has been discussed here can have two opposing reactions, depending on the individual. One will become paranoid about the spread of the virus through the supply chains in supermarkets or whatever. The other will say "**** it. What's the point of even trying." Hopefully, most of us will take what sensible precautions that we can.
Seasonal flu kills between five and seven HUNDRED thousand people a year One of my daughters is manager for one of the big supermarkets, texted me last night, said they had run out of bleach,hand sanitiser, pasta, loo rolls and a lot of tinned goods. Today, went to Lidl first, girl said last night they had run out of loo rolls, plenty today, then Sainsbury, as we were going in woman coming up with Mount Everest size amount of loo rolls way higher than the trolley. | said to Hubby, if the shops run out we will be delving into the recycling bin for the newspapers, (like when I woz a kid)You go to a public loo, and the ones in supermarkets, see/hear the women coming out withut washing their hands, revolting, then the are touching the door handles, etc. They should see the films I used to watch, microscopes when you can actually see the germs, they might think differently. Even handling money, coins and notes, are covered in pretty much every germ known to man (and woman)
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When things get worse, we may need to consider avoiding crowded places etc, etc.
I take it that @Tin pot now believes there is some risk to some people.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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Once all this is over, if i am still here, I will probably continue to wash them more often.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border