Should we disinfect our credit cards too?

[TexasTowelie]

Considering that we are telling people to be careful about touching door knobs with our bare hands, wouldn't credit cards and card readers also be a possible source of contamination?

[RandySF]

1. Wash your hands and face when you get home.

Wipe down your phone and work space. Stay home from work if you have a cough or fever (if you can).

[HipChick]

6. Keep wipes in your car...

Wipe entering or exiting..

[beachbumbob]

2. yep, anything being touched by others or whatever you touch

[emmaverybo]

3. Can't believe I had to show my license for a delivery and then washed it. Meanwhile everything

I had touched in the doctor’s office the day before, including borrowed pen...

Just got refills and opened bag—oops forgot to wash my hands. And two days from now, germs will be on the bottles.

[uppityperson]

4. Wash your hands. I caught myself leaning on a counter yesterday, contaminating

my lower shirt sleeves. Do you remove your shoes at the door or carry gems in on them? It can get very complicated, hence good handwshing and don't touch your face with unwashed hands, even at home.

[Hortensis]

5. Smartphone apps can greatly reduce the need to use

physical credit cards, just wave the phone at the pay screen. Some are accepted by more vendors than others.

[Initech]

7. You think someone might be screwing with us?

There's so much disinformation out there that I feel like how to actually take care of ourselves in this process is getting lost in the cesspool of crap out there.

[jpak]

8. Yes and I do and the wallet is well

I have my hoard complete so won't be going to the store if I can help it.

[madaboutharry]

9. I have always been a little kookie about stuff like this.

I regularly clean my debit card and credit card with disinfectant. I keep Clorox wipes along with hand sanitizer in my car. I never use a public pen, I only use the one I have with me. I would rather stick pins in my eyeballs than touch anything in a public restroom, which I will always do whatever possible to avoid. I always use hand sanitizer or wash my hands after reading the menu in a restaurant (they are teaming with bacteria, btw.) Airplanes are flying petri dishes and I am miserable whenever I have to be on one.

Sometimes I am even a pain in the ass to myself!

I don't know why I am like that, but I am glad it is all second nature to me now.

[Mersky]

10. Couldn't hurt to swab them

Or start using the touchless/tap options that have become more prevalent. Regardless, cards are probably cleaner than paper money.

Fwiw, I’m switching to plastic storage bins for carrying groceries.

Can just wipe them down or spritz with mild bleach solution and let ‘em hang out in the sun. Seems easier than washing or worrying about the state of reusable bags.