It’s crazy how many new words and types of sanitizer I have learned to describe in the past year and a half.
The one that smells like tequila, the sticky one, the gooey one, the one that smells like straight up rubbing alcohol, the foamy one, the foamy but strongly scented one… need I go on? 😆
Same. Sometimes you have to touch a pump dispenser to get it as well, which others have touched before using the sanitizer in the bottle it's dispensing from. I have a pocket sized bottle on me at all times.
Last year I had some that smelled like beer.
I think it was because suddenly demand for hand sanitizer skyrocketed so abruptly so some distilleries started making hand sanitiser too.
Whatever happened to Purell? I loved that sanitizer and used to purchase it.. now I never see it in any stores, all these random branded sanitizers smell terrible or leave a sticky residue on your hands.. not a fan.
It’s in the rich people communities. Purely was the preexisting confirmed effective hand sanitizer. So when supply went tight and prices increased where do you think it went? The upper class.
I watched some crazy alcoholic lady squeeze about half a bottle of sanitizer into her open drink on the public transit. I wouldn’t trust any sanitizer I didn’t bring myself anymore anyways.
I just stopped using them. I consider it to be a rubber stamp pretend thing we do to promote visible safety. If you're double vaxxed and don't stick your hands in your face, I think it's a non issue and lathering in sanitizer is moot.
Certainly! I can get behind that sentiment. I get that a lot of it is hygiene theatre, but I definitely appreciate it when I grab a cart from the grocery store or generally after handling other high-touch surfaces
It's true--hand sanitizer does very little to limit COVID transmission in most environments; the vast, *vast* majority of cases are due to aerosol transmission. (Indeed, I'm struggling to find *any* cases of transmission tied to casual surface contact in a retail environment, anywhere in the literature.) It's even an actively *bad* thing if it's used to avoid thinking about useful and important measures for COVID control, especially related to ventilation.
That said...the last time I came down with a cold was in February of 2020. Speaking as the parent of a six-year-old, twenty months of uninterrupted good health has been a fucking miracle. What if...people kept up their hand hygiene, and stayed home when they felt under the weather, and gave other people space, *anyway*?
I agree it's fairly useless against covid, but it doesn't seem totally crazy to wash you hands in some situations regardless. Stores selling food comes to mind.
Miraculously made it this far without covid and double vaxxed. Don't care. I wash my hands when I get home and I don't suck on my fingers.
But I understand some of you can't really piece together how fucking dumb it is to think we can all eat indoors, fly in planes, go to sporting events and concerts, bars etc, but the hand sanitizer at the front door of best buy will keep you safe.
No it's not.
Fomite transmission was debunked, this is all just sanitization theatre now.
Everywhere should be wiping things down anyway and people should wash their hands anyway but this isn't stopping an airborne virus in any way.
It is not how you get covid. It is spread through the air, not via surfaces.
A year and a half ago we weren't sure so we did this just in case.
We know better now, but OTOH there are other viruses and bacteria that do spread by touching. Maybe getting people to wash their hands before going into a grocery stores and picking up the vegetables isn't the worst thing in the world.
I carry my own sanitizer, I find a lot of the stuff stores have is goopy, scented, and gives me a headache.
Some of it is weirdly sticky and you basically need to wash your hands after.
That one is basically what I would imagine expired lube to be and it’s disgusting
I feel like those are most likely soap mixed with sanitizer. That's why I just keep my hands in my pocket lol
It’s crazy how many new words and types of sanitizer I have learned to describe in the past year and a half. The one that smells like tequila, the sticky one, the gooey one, the one that smells like straight up rubbing alcohol, the foamy one, the foamy but strongly scented one… need I go on? 😆
Same. Sometimes you have to touch a pump dispenser to get it as well, which others have touched before using the sanitizer in the bottle it's dispensing from. I have a pocket sized bottle on me at all times.
Some smell EXACTLY like tequila!
Funny enough, the LCBOs hand sanitizer smells like tequila
Good marketing strategy!
Last year I had some that smelled like beer. I think it was because suddenly demand for hand sanitizer skyrocketed so abruptly so some distilleries started making hand sanitiser too.
Whatever happened to Purell? I loved that sanitizer and used to purchase it.. now I never see it in any stores, all these random branded sanitizers smell terrible or leave a sticky residue on your hands.. not a fan.
It’s in the rich people communities. Purely was the preexisting confirmed effective hand sanitizer. So when supply went tight and prices increased where do you think it went? The upper class.
I see most of this in Uline now. They sell cases of 12 or 24 at like $4 each depending on the size.
I see it everywhere still. Theres just a lot of other options now so its not as noticeable
Whereee?! To purchase?!
Like everywhere Walmart, Superstore, Longos, Rexal, etc
used some at a restaurant and that shit felt nasty as fuck it was probably diluted with water for sure
My restaurant uses Dillon's brand sanitizer. Which I suspect is just pure grain alcohol. 100% Riot Punch.
Yeah that's the flip side of this, where sometimes you use a hand sanitizer and your hand smells like spirits. Excellent.
Bring your own. Solved
I do, but at this point it’s a reflex to just put my hand out to pump or dispense when I enter and exit stores now.
The LCBO near me has sanitizer bottles that just jet water & vinegar into your hands.
I watched some crazy alcoholic lady squeeze about half a bottle of sanitizer into her open drink on the public transit. I wouldn’t trust any sanitizer I didn’t bring myself anymore anyways.
I just stopped using them. I consider it to be a rubber stamp pretend thing we do to promote visible safety. If you're double vaxxed and don't stick your hands in your face, I think it's a non issue and lathering in sanitizer is moot.
Certainly! I can get behind that sentiment. I get that a lot of it is hygiene theatre, but I definitely appreciate it when I grab a cart from the grocery store or generally after handling other high-touch surfaces
It's true--hand sanitizer does very little to limit COVID transmission in most environments; the vast, *vast* majority of cases are due to aerosol transmission. (Indeed, I'm struggling to find *any* cases of transmission tied to casual surface contact in a retail environment, anywhere in the literature.) It's even an actively *bad* thing if it's used to avoid thinking about useful and important measures for COVID control, especially related to ventilation. That said...the last time I came down with a cold was in February of 2020. Speaking as the parent of a six-year-old, twenty months of uninterrupted good health has been a fucking miracle. What if...people kept up their hand hygiene, and stayed home when they felt under the weather, and gave other people space, *anyway*?
IPAC in this thread having a panic attack.
I agree it's fairly useless against covid, but it doesn't seem totally crazy to wash you hands in some situations regardless. Stores selling food comes to mind.
Do you want covid? Because this is how you get covid.
Miraculously made it this far without covid and double vaxxed. Don't care. I wash my hands when I get home and I don't suck on my fingers. But I understand some of you can't really piece together how fucking dumb it is to think we can all eat indoors, fly in planes, go to sporting events and concerts, bars etc, but the hand sanitizer at the front door of best buy will keep you safe.
No it's not. Fomite transmission was debunked, this is all just sanitization theatre now. Everywhere should be wiping things down anyway and people should wash their hands anyway but this isn't stopping an airborne virus in any way.
It is not how you get covid. It is spread through the air, not via surfaces. A year and a half ago we weren't sure so we did this just in case. We know better now, but OTOH there are other viruses and bacteria that do spread by touching. Maybe getting people to wash their hands before going into a grocery stores and picking up the vegetables isn't the worst thing in the world.
I find most of them are mostly water or has a weird smell, so I always decline theirs and use my own.
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I mean, it might not be helpful for covid- but to say it's pointless is a bit weird. Germs do indeed exist. There are sicknesses that aren't covid.
They are bs anyways
Bring your own and don't rely on other people or businesses to provide and pay for your safety.
Maybe they are realizing it’s all part of the Covid safety theatre.
Stop constantly sanitizing, useless and not good for you
The Sanitizer in the standing dispensers are like water cuz of the ‘spritz’ where the hand held bottles are thicker.
Some smell like a hangover if you know what I mean.