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Was your mother more Enterprise Computer or more Lwaxana Troi to you when dealing with you as a child?

Groceries:

If I am in an at-risk (underlying cardiopulmonary issue) group:

1. How concerned should we be about the risk of contracting COVID-19 from the packages and fresh foods we bring home from the store?
2. For containers of ready-to-eat items in plastic packaging: How wary should we be? Can we wash plastic bags/cups/bottles with soap and water? Is there a safe "decontamination" time for hard plastic surfaces in the refrigerator?
3. For produce: Assuming we touch the produce and place it in a plastic bag, and that our hands are "contaminated", what is the best way to store / decontaminate our produce to reduce cross-contamination?
4. For dry goods: Should I keep cardboard boxes in quarantine? Do gloss-print cardboard boxes count as non-porous surfaces? Should I wash my canned goods? Should the cans stay in quarantine?
5. Personal Space: I wear leather gloves in public as a reminder to not touch my face. And I assume that my clothes are contaminated after a visit to the store. I shower. Is this TOO much concern?

Basically: What level of caution rises beyond "Abundance of [..]" to the level of "Obsessive Disorder" when dealing with our biweekly visits to the grocer for essential items.

...Are you a cop?

But, seriously: Considering the seemingly-inevitable monopolization of the alcohol industry into four or five key players, and the inevitable lobbying / media juggernaut that creates: Is there a way to keep "Big Business" out of the Marijuana industry, or are we eventually going to see "Las Zetas--a division of Pfizer/InBev, presents 'Corona Dank'"?

How much interaction do you do with the PT/OT staff, and if you do a lot, what does that interaction usually entail?

Hi Zanny,

Who is The Economist for? That is to say, is it for people who work in The City, providing them the Good News? Or is it for everyone, even when the editorial board's opinion is that the businessmen and bankers are doing the wrong thing?

Or, more simply: is the Economist's goal to improve the station of Bankers, or Society?

Signed, Fellow whose stagnant wages compared to the CPI required him to cut The Economist from his subscriptions because $10.58/month is better reallocated to food and drink.