coat and merino wool base layers arriving in mail- decontaminate or not & how? (doctor, symptoms)
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OP, I understand that these precautions make you feel better and safer, but the fact is that they are almost certainly unnecessary and ineffective. There is published, peer-reviewed research that you are unlikely to become infected from surfaces, even if there is virus residue on them.
Wear a mask, avoid other people's breath, keep washing your hands, and get the vaccine when you can.
Based on the suggestions here as well as what I have been able to find elsewhere, I will open the coat/ thermal boxes outdoors, save the boxes in a safe place somewhere since I might return the contents if they don't fit, and then place each side of the clothing article under the light, then wear them. Bite my lip and hope that everything is killed. Thanks again for your responses.
Based on the suggestions here as well as what I have been able to find elsewhere, I will open the coat/ thermal boxes outdoors, save the boxes in a safe place somewhere since I might return the contents if they don't fit, and then place each side of the clothing article under the light, then wear them. Bite my lip and hope that everything is killed. Thanks again for your responses.
Don't bite your lip. Open wounds are an entry point for dangerous diseases.
Based on the suggestions here as well as what I have been able to find elsewhere, I will open the coat/ thermal boxes outdoors, save the boxes in a safe place somewhere since I might return the contents if they don't fit, and then place each side of the clothing article under the light, then wear them. Bite my lip and hope that everything is killed. Thanks again for your responses.
Jon, first of all....{{{{hugs}}}} I've been where you are.
I take it you are isolating by yourself. I had a nervous breakdown in April from the stress. I was alone and terrified, as I am high-risk and over 65. My estranged husband came back and took up residence in the guest house. He's been very patient with me, helping me overcome my fears.
Here's the main thing about the coronavirus: It decays over time. How much time? Depends on the surface. I'm sure you've seen the articles. A couple of days on treated wood. About a week on metal. 24 hours on cardboard. And so on.
You cited the viral material found on the cruise ship. What the articles didn't tell you was the researchers found fragments of the virus but none of it was infectious because, once again, the virus decays over time.
The other thing to remember about the virus is that it isn't really alive in the same way we're alive. It can't move by itself. It has no motive power. There's no tiny virus airship it can fly around looking for its next victim.
I had open heart surgery, was in the hospital numerous times during the height of Covid....didnt get it surrounded by sick people everywhere & test negative every other week since....Jesus, wear the clothing.
Although I could refute some of what has been said here, I won't. My plan is as above. I will say that I am keeping plenty of zinc and vitamin C around at the present time. Four years ago, for a reason that took me months to figure out, I contracted probably half a dozen colds between summer and spring (mainly throughout the winter). That was my first real opportunity to test out zinc on colds. The result was that 80% of those colds lasted no more than 2-3 days. I read that colds and covid are cousins, so to speak, so there's a chance that zinc might reduce viral symptoms like it does with colds. I hope I don't have the opportunity to test this, but the zinc and vitamin C are standing by in case I do. At this point, I'm not counting on being able to get the vaccine anytime soon, or even if it's going to work. I will say that the H1N1 vaccine several years back did help me when I got that flu. Lasted one day.
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