Covid-19 Awareness & Support

In a Walgreens email newsletter that was emailed to me on 1/23/25 am, they were advertising their flu and Covid combination test that you can take and get results in 30 minutes or less for $24.99. They had a "Schedule" button as well. I'd also recommend just showing up to a Walgreens (in-person) and asking them about it if that's easier/your preference (i.e. some people don't like to book things online, etc.) Thank you in advance for sharing this post with others. You can share just this post to someone via email or on social media. Remember to immediately cancel plans and appointments with others when you become sick (NOT just Covid) and get tested ASAP (if you're not sure what it is/it's bad). BE SURE TO READ THE CARTOON IMAGE BELOW IN THIS POST FOR SPECIFICS. How many people remember having a sick rule at a past job (even BEFORE Covid?) I know I did. When I first started a pizza delivery part-time supplemental income job in 2014, I remember the owner d...

I found this premium hand sanitizer spray at Grocery Outlet. The brand is "Royce & Baxter" and it is 2 oz and consists of 85% alcohol and 0.1% Benzalkonium Chloride. I remember this hand sanitizer being $2.99. Remember hand sanitizer spray of 70% minimum alcohol is what you're looking for (that's what was promoted when Covid first hit). And the Benzalkonium Chloride is what I've seen in hand sanitizer sprays as well (even just that ingredient if no alcohol). This is my first time seeing both ingredients in a hand sanitizer spray.

I know I've posted about Wet Ones brand hand wipes and even Kroger brand (Fred Meyer store brand) hand wipes, but Walmart also has inexpensive hand wipes ($1.78 per container photographed below before tax). Walmart brand hand wipes   Information about Walmart brand hand wipes   What these wipes fight against  I know that it may be hard to read the Walgreens brand hand wipes canister, but these hand wipes claim to fight against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Haemophilus influenzae.                                          

When I recently went to Winco and used their restroom, the only option they have in their restroom for drying your hands is to use their hand air dryer. As I mentioned in a recent post, hand air dryers are to be avoided at all costs in any public restroom (I knew this LONG before Covid). I walked out of the restroom and was about to ask the worker at the pizza stand in the store for napkins when I saw they were on the counter (so I used to dry my hands on).  If you want to be extra cautious, you can grab the first napkin out and NOT use it, wipe down your hand that touched the napkin you did NOT use with a hand wipe (you should carry hand wipes OR hand sanitizer on you at all times) and then dry your hands off with the next set of napkins in the napkin dispenser/stack. WHY? You have no idea if some little kid (or anyone for that matter) put their scuzzy hand on the napkin and changed their mind and decided NOT to use it.

Aside from the numerous exercise DVDs that I purchased during Covid that I utilized in my home so that I could still remain physically active (when lockdowns occurred and gyms were closed), was this indoor bike (photographed below) which has especially come in handy with my latest back flare-up (which means modified workouts have to occur to prevent back pain) and this bike is great for low impact cardio that doesn't cause me to bend over/curl my spine which would most likely exacerbate back issues causing back/back related pain.  The pillow that's on the seat of my bike where my back would go when sitting on it is to eliminate the space between my back and the bike since the bike cannot be adjusted to scoot closer to the handle bars than it already is. The bike has different levels of resistance which is great to intensify the bike ride. It's great to watch movies when riding this bike. Did you purchase this or any other exercise machine/device(s) during Covid? What did y...

Shortly after Covid-19 hit in March 2020, the CDC recommended Purell brand hand wipes to use when in between hand washings to prevent the spread of Covid. Other brands of hand wipes that I'd recommend (other than the Kroger brand [store brand for Fred Meyer that I featured on another recent post on my blog]) I'd recommend Wet Ones brand hand wipes (which I also believe I mentioned in that same recent post) and this slip printed off from Walgreens' receipt machine for the benefits of Wet Ones hand wipes below:

I went to Bath & Body Works yesterday to use their free full body care item coupon that was snail mailed to me AND after getting a FREE body wash (the body wash comes in 10 oz versus their hand soaps which are like 8 oz) and I'm all about maximizing (I can wash my hands with body wash), I got the following (pictured below) hand sanitizer spray for $1.76 (final price with tax after 20% off coupon which was another coupon attached to the free body care item one). Of course it meets the recommended 70% or higher alcohol content (it's got 72%) this should all be something everyone knows (the 70% alcohol content or higher are the only hand sanitizers worth using as that was common knowledge shortly after Covid hit). READ THE BACK OF THE HAND SANITIZER SPRAY OR HAND SANITIZER GEL TO KNOW THE ALCHOL CONTENT.  They had different scents for the hand sanitizer sprays and I chose lavender vanilla. I like using hand sanitizer sprays better than hand sanitizer gel because it's quic...