Later in the post it seems like you’re making the jump from ‘assume you then touch your face’ to ‘risk of a grocery trip’ but to state the obvious… if you actually don’t touch your face before you (properly) wash your hand that solves the whole issue. That seems like it knocks this down into the ‘no seriously stop worrying about the risk level’ zone, if you can usually sustain it.
It doesn’t seem that hard to wash your hands after putting away groceries, say. If I recall, I was not imagining getting many touches during such a trip. I’m mostly imagining that you put many of the groceries you purchase in your fridge or eat them within a couple of days, such that they are still fairly contaminated if they started out contaminated, and it is harder to not touch your face whenever you are eating recently acquired or cold food.
For me, ‘don’t touch your face’ seems way harder than most of the alternatives. I can do it in a short punctuated period of attention but not for any extended period of time.
Later in the post it seems like you’re making the jump from ‘assume you then touch your face’ to ‘risk of a grocery trip’ but to state the obvious… if you actually don’t touch your face before you (properly) wash your hand that solves the whole issue. That seems like it knocks this down into the ‘no seriously stop worrying about the risk level’ zone, if you can usually sustain it.
It doesn’t seem that hard to wash your hands after putting away groceries, say. If I recall, I was not imagining getting many touches during such a trip. I’m mostly imagining that you put many of the groceries you purchase in your fridge or eat them within a couple of days, such that they are still fairly contaminated if they started out contaminated, and it is harder to not touch your face whenever you are eating recently acquired or cold food.
For me, ‘don’t touch your face’ seems way harder than most of the alternatives. I can do it in a short punctuated period of attention but not for any extended period of time.
Seems worth noting the option though I guess.