The cultural version of this concept was to ask the Arussi people to pick one Saturday market, and go to the same one for several months. The African people like to shop around just like we do. But, they walk to an open air market on Saturday. The next Saturday they walk to a different market, and a third market the next Saturday. This shopping pattern was spreading the Cholera virus rapidly around the nation. The Arussi people were terrified of Cholera, so they did as they were asked by health officials, and the epidemic went away eventually.
We Americans like to shop in one supermarket one time, and the next time we go to a different market. Or we pick up half our needs in one store and go to a second or third store for the other things on our list. The same effect is happening in the USA as did in Ethiopia. By meeting a whole set of new people every time we shop, we greatly enhance the chances of passing the virus, or of getting it.
My suggestion to you is, pick a supermarket to shop in, and only go to that one for the duration of the epidemic. Price is no longer the top priority. I find it amazing that we have heard nothing about this concept from our leaders trying to stop the passing of the virus.
Do the same with gasoline filling stations. Try to use the same one every time. Keep your pattern of movement as much as possible simple and the same every time. If you pick up carry out food from a restaurant, use the same one every time.
Variety in movement is deadly in an epidemic. It makes sure that you meet new people every time you go do something essential.
Also, try to eliminate before you leave for essential shopping or travel. See if you can finish your task and get home without having to use a public restroom. Public restrooms are one of the most deadly places to catch sickness. If you live in a semi rural area, you may be able to stop and relieve yourself in the woods.
If you need to take something to a family member or friend, place it on the front porch or steps, walk away some distance so you can make sure it is not stolen, and call the person inside the home and tell them the item is there. Wait until they come and get it before you leave. If you talk, keep your distance, and try to make sure the breeze is moving from side to side, not from either of you to the other one.
Take off you shoes and clothes, if possible, outside the home, in the garage, or just inside the home. Wash the clothes at once, and spray the shoes with disinfectant. Hydrogen peroxide is a very fast killer of the coronavirus. Keep it in a pistol grip sprayer where you enter your home, in your car, and keep one anywhere you may contaminate yourself. Let the item disinfected sit for 30 minutes. SOURCE
Wherever you decontaminate, make that area absolutely off limits to your kids AND pets. Pets can carry viruses from one place to another. They can carry viruses from one person to another. Do not pet dogs or cats of other people, and pen yours up if someone has to visit your home. If you feed or welcome stray animals around your home, you are a blithering idiot. Sorry, but this is extremely deadly.
If someone has to enter your home for any reason, require them to mask up minimum. Wearing gloves would be even better. Hand them the hydrogen peroxide spray bottle, and ask them to spray the bottom of their shoes, or do it for them. Keep a small rug by the door to wipe the shoe soles on to avoid tracking in grime on the shoe soles.
Anyone who mocks at your precautions is not safe to have around. They are taking risks carelessly wherever they have been, and they could be contaminated. An epidemic is not a time to become timid about health precautions. Make rules for you and friends, and NEVER suspend them.
Wash your hands a lot. This virus, unlike most viruses, is very easily destroyed by soap and water.
One reason to have a protocol of precautions, and keep them, is that it gives you peace of mind. If you have done all you can to protect your family and yourself, you can relax a bit. You can also tell God you did everything you knew to do, and you can feel good about asking him to help you avoid getting sick.
Here is an exceptional video, done by a doctor, on how to disinfect what you bring home from a shopping trip.
