Getting Groceries in the Age of the Corona Virus

I am just going to go ahead and lay out in my front yard and die. You all can have my stuff. Don't care.

Wrong.

You can be reinfected and suffer organ failure due to cytokine storm.

I’m not one to share ‘dreams’, .....cuz it’s a FKN dream. I dream all kinds of crazy stuff like going to work forgetting to put on my pants. Etc. You get the drift.

HOWEVER.

A few years ago I had one of those vivid dreams and I actually shared with my family a few times over the years.

In my dream, I went to the grocery store, there was the normal automatic doors, but at the top side of the door was a machine..... it didn’t do anything exciting, but it took your temperature ( I believe). If the light flashed green, you were good to go.

I remember the anxiety as I stood there for a second that seemed like 5 min as I knew in the back of my mind if the light was red it was super no bueno.

Light turned green, doors opened to go in the grocery store. Everything looked ‘normal’ , but before to try a cart, there was a large round basin that looked like a water fountain, for the lack of a better term, with about 12 faucets where you needed to wash your hands before shopping.


I dunno, this thread sparked that.... Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s implemented....someday.

I had a grocery store dream once where they had placed house plants around where the fruits and vegetables would be to help things look normal because they did not have food.

I have wondered if house plants could grow then why not food but it just occurred to me fake plants could be used to help fill the space.

This is such a good topic. I have never been a germaphobe, although I do like to keep my hands clean. That being said, I touch my face 1000 times a day (allergies) and never wash my hands after going to the grocery store, etc. I am trying to do that now, because anything is better than nothing.

I am also trying to limit my time in public places (like the Metro, large events, travel) and then do as much as I can online (Amazon).

OP, did you get free Little Debbie snacks when you worked there? I LOVED those growing up! For some funny reason, my family calls them Miss Debbies. My favorite was the oatmeal cream sandwich (I think that's what it was) and the Swiss cake rolls. Mmmm......good times. :)

Nutty Bars and Cosmic Brownies

I am just going to go ahead and lay out in my front yard and die. You all can have my stuff. Don't care.

I'm heading to Walmart at 2am later tonight to make a grocery run, and this is exactly the protocol I'll be using:


Do it in the middle of the night when there will be the fewest people.

Prepare a 5gal bucket about 1/3 full with 10% bleach/water solution. Leave it at home.

Prepare a small tupperware container of the same solution (like in an old Cool Whip container). Take it in the vehicle with you.

When you get to the store, get out, open the tupperware (set it on your seat), put a 1gal ziploc baggie over each hand, dunk some paper towels in the bleach solution, go over to a shopping cart in the parking lot, and slather it thoroughly with the bleach mixture. Work it for at least a minute or two, keeping the surfaces wet with bleach. Now you've got a relatively safe cart.

Leave your wallet/purse in the car and only take in the debit/credit card you intend to use. Put it in your right pocket.

Drop the 1st set of 'baggie gloves' into a biowaste bucket (i.e. an empty 5gal bucket from home) or into a trash can. Put on a fresh set of 1gal baggies over your hands.

Go in and do your shopping. Carefully remove items from the shelves and place them in your cart making sure that you only touch them with your baggie gloves.

Go through a self-checkout station. When it is time to pay, take off your right baggie glove (using your left hand to pinch the end and allow you to pull out your right hand). Put your naked right hand into your pocket, grab your card, and insert it. If you have to touch the pad (such as to enter a pin number), then do so with your baggie-covered left hand. Put baggie glove back on right hand. Remove card and drop it into one of the sacks.

Push cart back out to your vehicle. Once there, remove both baggie gloves in a safe manner (use one to take off the other, then remove the last one by rolling it off inside out--easier to do than to describe).

Get the keys out of your pocket and open your vehicle. Open your tupperware container of bleach solution. Put on fresh baggie gloves. Grab your credit/debit card, and drop it into the bleach solution. Then grab the sacks and put them in the back/trunk. Then remove both baggie gloves in a safe manner and dispose of them. Then close your back door/trunk. Then grab your card out of the bleach solution. Then sanitize your hands with the bleach solution, and rinse off with some clean water after a minute or so (you can suck some water up a straw from a 32oz cup of water in your console, then spit it slowly over your hands to wash off the bleach solution).

Drive home.

Get the 5gal bucket that is 1/3 full of bleach solution. Set it by your car. Put on fresh baggie gloves. Dunk every dunkable item into the bleach solution, and then set it off to the side on the ground to drain. For items that cannot be dunked, dip paper towels into the bleach solution and slather the product thoroughly. Proceed in this way until all items have been sterilized. Take off the baggie gloves and drop them into the 5gal bucket with the bleach solution. Take your groceries inside.

Shower, and wash all of your clothes immediately.

If possible, set this entire load of groceries in a separate area. The outsides are sterilized, but the insides may harbor viable virus for a couple of weeks, so try not to open them for that long if you can avoid it.

Suit up.
Or just don't worry about it.
Afterall, most survive. And if you survive the Coronavirus, you'll be immune to it.

just camd back from shopping...delayed just 20 minutes itvwas already packed with sneezing, coughing, spitting subhumans.

I've keep on from breathing most of the time.

now I'm ozoning everything, then I will rub with alcohol every product.
what goes in the fridfe stays in a single bag for item.

nuke from orbit.

Maybe the stores will become like they were in Soviet Russia:
You go to the clerk with a list, and they go into the warehouse in back and return with your items.

:PINETHX:

Just got back from the store, wiping things down with Clorox wipes.

Now you see the problem. If it gets going in this country, nobody will escape it. Once it is in schools, the kids will bring it home with them. They will spread it to grocery stores and malls, doctors' waiting rooms, ball fields... There is not enough help to disinfect every place victims might have been. Unless you are locked in your home with enough provisions to last it out you will be exposed.

Your defense:

Hydrogen peroxide- use as a spray in your ears and on your food.
Liposomal Vitamin C- take daily, if infected take 3 doses a day or more
Plasma electricity- vibe machine, plasma ball
Ionization of air
Stay positive
Baking soda to raise your PH
Vinegar to clean surfaces
MSM sulphur daily- if infected your body will build up waste, you need to burn it out.
Brazil nuts for selenium

Filth and virus and bactera on every surface at the grocery store, including every product on the shelves.

The grocery cart - if you touch the handle of the cart without sanitizing it, your hands will be covered in germs. Hope you don't touch your face till you get home to wash your hands. Don't put your finger in your mouth. Is there a tiny cut on your hand?

Fresh produce - how to you get it clean enough to eat? Especially if it is to be eaten raw.

Handling self checkout machines - the touch screens - GROSS. Touching the cup where change is dispensed into. Everyone else has touched it, and they have not washed their hands, even after the last time they took a dump.

What you gonna do about it? Ideas?

Filth and virus and bactera on every surface at the grocery store, including every product on the shelves.

The grocery cart - if you touch the handle of the cart without sanitizing it, your hands will be covered in germs. Hope you don't touch your face till you get home to wash your hands. Don't put your finger in your mouth. Is there a tiny cut on your hand?

Fresh produce - how to you get it clean enough to eat? Especially if it is to be eaten raw.

Handling self checkout machines - the touch screens - GROSS. Touching the cup where change is dispensed into. Everyone else has touched it, and they have not washed their hands, even after the last time they took a dump.

What you gonna do about it? Ideas?

Man up and stop being such a pussy

Carry hand sanitizer with you. Always use the cart wipes.
I usually grab a few extra and use them throughout my shopping trip.
When you get home wipe cans and bottles off with wipes because those things get filthy in warehouses and transportation. Rodents and all.
Or be like some cashiers and wear gloves. Many people freaking out about the Corona Virus and cashiers wearing gloves but they do it all the time, especially during flu season. Cash is nasty.
When I worked as a cashier I'd wash my hands after two or three hours and the water was a disgusting grey as soon as I stuck them under water, so that's all over cans, bottles and boxes.

and Dollar Tree is entirely from China - despite people advising you to purchase preps there.

Time to be done shopping, folks. Don't know how you missed it! We have a prep thread running ten months now filled with incredible information and advise, and others have put up short ones when a hurricane threatens, etc. The reason we prep is not to need to try when the stuff hits the fan, the prices have gone crazy, availability is hit or miss. Waiting until the stuff is all over the fan blades to start prepping doesn't make a deal of sense, does it?

Suit up.
Or just don't worry about it.
Afterall, most survive. And if you survive the Coronavirus, you'll be immune to it.

Gloves, facemask, protective glasses, etc:
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Wash everything down when you get home. Starting with jacket/outer clothing left at the door; outside if possible for a few hours.

Your defense:

Hydrogen peroxide- use as a spray in your ears and on your food.
Liposomal Vitamin C- take daily, if infected take 3 doses a day or more
Plasma electricity- vibe machine, plasma ball
Ionization of air
Stay positive
Baking soda to raise your PH
Vinegar to clean surfaces
MSM sulphur daily- if infected your body will build up waste, you need to burn it out.
Brazil nuts for selenium

Be careful with ozone. It can/will damage your lungs.