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- 4y ago
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- 4y ago
I’m facing the same issues. I had to stop cleaning them otherwise I’d spend forever on each item. So I have my husband clean them. I would sit and watch him to make sure he did it “right” but eventually I just had to tell myself that he’s going to do his best and be ok with the uncertainty of not knowing if it’s cleaned “right” or if my family will get Covid from it. So now I don’t watch him when he cleans them and I don’t clean them and just live with uncertainty. So far we haven’t gotten sick.
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- 4y ago
Probably not supposed to say, bc it’s reassurance, but it’s literally so unlikely to catch covid from surfaces. It would have to be a super particular situation where a very sick person touched the thing, deposited a large viral load, and you touched the thing and then your face within a couple hours. If y’all are like me, we’re washing or sanitizing our hands enough and taking every precaution. It’s very unlikely to get covid from surfaces
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- 4y ago
Thanks for saying so. I know that on some level, just wish that fearful part of me could believe this too
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- 4y ago
The thing about doing it until it feels right is the more you do it, the less right it feels. At least for me. What I try to tell myself when I'm stuck in a loop of cleaning repeatedly
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- 4y ago
All the time
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- 14w ago
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