NOw I wipe things down with cloroox wipes after buying and I get home. I'm also spraying the bottom of cloth bags before putting them down.
I went to Costco 2 days ago. The employees at the entrance wiped down each cart with disposable disinfectant wipes and wore gloves & masks.
About 1/4 of the customers and 1/2 the employees were wearing masks and/or gloves.
I put on a pair of nitrile gloves during my visit. As I approached the fresh strawberries, an elderly woman wearing a loose-fitting mask and oversize rubber gloves was picking up plastic containers one after the other, the way I'm sure she always sorts through containers looking for the best pick from flats of produce. I walked right by the strawberries wondering if she even understands how someone without gloves or a mask may have already contaminated the produce as well as her gloves now...and subsequently everything she touches?
Wearing PPE is not a silver bullet. Just like a condom, if you use it wrong, you might as well not waste your money.
Anyway, the UPS driver and Postal
Carrier (no pun intended) both came to the house wearing NO gloves nor masks. I had to ask the UPS guy to set the box down a couple of feet away -- he was intending to hand it to me.
We don't need to be overly paranoid if we follow basic guidelines. But being completely careless is what's gotten NY in the situation they are struggling through.
Common sense isn't common, as many will attest to.