Coming from a medical family, I understand this, and am just as worried as that doctor, that this pandemic will continue for at least a year.
As to the original question from Birdsnest, here's what I've been doing:
Staying home, except for a walk in my neighbourhood every couple of days. But after some too-close calls today with filthy street people and seniors who don't understand what's going on, I'll not be venturing out much now.
Not touching anything outside my home, if I can help it. I hit door openers and crosswalk buttons with my shoe, walking staff, or the point of a key. I wear work gloves a lot. I store them in a plastic grocery bag in my jacket pocket or shoulder bag. That bag goes in the garbage when I get home.
I use hand sanitizer a lot when I'm outside. I have one clipped to a zipper of my "outside" jacket (an easily cleaned windbreaker), and others clipped to my shoulder bag and backpack.
When I get home, I wash my hands in the sink that the apartment manager has set up outside the front door. This sink drains onto the concrete entrance area, so I stand in that water to wash as much crap off the bottoms of my shoes as possible. (I hate spitters. Filthy habit.)
I open the main door with the key, not touching the door handle. Elevator buttons get the key point.
Once at my apartment door, I put any shopping bags on the floor ouside my door, step inside, and remove gloves if they're still on. Then I splash some 99% alcohol onto paper towels that are in an old tray on the floor, step in, and then step out of my shoes, and leave them there. Then remove my jacket and hat, before applying alcohol-based sanitizer to my hands.
To bring shopping items inside, I give them a wipe with a paper towel soaked in alcohol as I remove them from the plastic shopping bag, and bring them inside. The shopping bag goes into the garbage (which I hate to do, because I'm an ardent recycler, but I don't want to contaminate my recycle bin). Then I wash my hands, before putting my purchases away. After that, I use 70-95% alcohol in a paper towel to disinfect door knobs, light switches, faucet handles, kitchen countertops, and keys. My cellphone gets cleaned with dish soap and water (it's in a waterproof case).
Once a day, I disinfect common touch areas in my building, such as elevator buttons, hall doorknobs, stair rails, mail box, etc. The manager has put out disinfectant in the lobby for this use. He also has some in the laundry room, with instructions for everyone to wipe down all surfaces that have been touched.
I don't allow anybody into my place, not even family.
Good luck, everybody.
