“The best practice that I would recommend is to try to avoid going into the store where possible'
Photo: Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images Over the last few weeks, the thought of buying products online, ordering takeout, or even going to the grocery store has stopped being simple.
“The best practice that I would recommend is to try to avoid going into the store where possible,” says Aaron E. Glatt, chair of medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau and a spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. The two other infectious-disease specialists we spoke with agree that grocery delivery and curbside pickup are better options than actually going into the store where you’ll be exposed to a larger number of people.
If you’re immunocompromised or elderly, or live with someone who is, be safe and wipe things down. Clorox, Lysol, or other alcohol-based cleaners will do the trick. “The good thing is these types of viruses — coronaviruses — are pretty easy to kill with most wipes,” says Gottlieb. As for fruits and vegetables that others may have touched and that you’ll be eating directly, Kullar recommends cleaning them with soap and water.
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