Truck in shop closed by Covid

[AutoMechanic]

Disinfectant spray will take care of that. At my shop we have to wear a mask, gloves and put a disposable plastic seat cover over the seat so we don’t touch anything in the vehicle, same goes for test drives too .

 

[ecotourist]

Fomite transmission does not seem to be an issue with this virus.

Wipe down the touch surfaces with any household cleaner (soap and water would be fine). Then for a little extra insurance park it in the sun for a few hours. Done.

 

[Lyman]

This is what I would do. When the shop opens pick the truck up and drive it home. Done. Continue about your day.

 

[BISCUT]

NY cop here and close to the New Rochelle epicenter. Wipe it down with the appropriate solution (there are many effective ones) and feel a ok! When the VID first hit we ensured each and every computer terminal and radio patrol car was wiped down (we used Clorox wipes) for each tour (3 tours every 24 hours) and despite our exposures to VID infected people we were able to go 8 months without a cop being infected. Our only infections were 2 cops that were married to healthcare workers who had tested positive and brought it home.

Cleanliness works.

 

[PandaBear]

My sister in law has her truck in the shop for a valve cover gasket and now the shop is closed temporarily because a mechanic got Covid. She is afraid to get it back. I told her to put on a mask and gloves and take it to a detail shop when she gets it back and tell them it was exposed.

I think the library here keep their books for a few days (72 hours) before sorting and sending them back out. Your truck should be fine after parking for a few days.

You know your groceries may be handled by someone with COVID as well right? You still need to eat and get toilet paper somehow.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

I'll be renting a uhaul truck next week. My plan is same as back in October when I rented one, hop in and put the windows down and drive it home then just give it a quick spritz with some lysol and hit the road!

Well, this time I'll check the miles before I run it foot-to-the-floor up a 14% grade towing 6000 pounds. Last time it was 4 quarts low on oil.

 

[JMJNet]

Tell the shop to park the truck in the sun for at least 2 hours with open windows before she pick it up.
According to research, Covid virus died at around 82F or there abouts.
Vehicle surface temperature will be higher than that when ambient is at around 80F.

 

[AZjeff]

The mental effects of Covid are terrible including the overbelievers/disbelievers etc.

FTW

 

[Wolf359]

The mental effects of Covid are terrible including the overbelievers/disbelievers etc.

I would blame the lack of education for that status. As the saying goes, the entire knowledge of mankind is right at your fingertips in a phone, but people prefer to use it to send/view cat pictures.

 

[MrPlow]

I'm super careful about disease vectors, and even I would not think twice about getting my rig back from the shop and not wiping anything down. If the virus spread easily through surfaces, Burger King would be one of the biggest disease vectors in the country. I can say with a lot of assumed certainty that many many many burgers and fries had covid virus on them from all the young kids they hire. If people are not getting covid from eating food covered in germs, then some guy coughing on your seats a couple of weeks ago is not going to be of concern.

 

[Duffyjr]

She is smart for being cautious, tell her keep her hands away from her face until she gets home and washes up, then let the truck sit for a few days.

 

[JeffKeryk]

Ask your Doctor.
I do admire the people who are being uber careful, regardless.

 

[Wolf359]

I'm super careful about disease vectors, and even I would not think twice about getting my rig back from the shop and not wiping anything down. If the virus spread easily through surfaces, Burger King would be one of the biggest disease vectors in the country. I can say with a lot of assumed certainty that many many many burgers and fries had covid virus on them from all the young kids they hire. If people are not getting covid from eating food covered in germs, then some guy coughing on your seats a couple of weeks ago is not going to be of concern.

Not to mention all the grocery clerks that handle all your purchases at the checkout or other in the stores that will handle things and put it back on the shelves. At least I've learned a few new words during the pandemic like fomite and concepts like geometric mean titre.

 

[gathermewool]

This virus can be killed by ANY household disenfectant, a mask with porus holes will stop it as will washing ones hands..Open door. Spray with lysol. Close door. Wait a few min.

It can, but the key is cleaning practices. There are dozens of products on the N list, but something popular, like Clorox wipes, must maintain the surface wet for 15 seconds at least. That seems pretty easy to do. My wife loves these wipes and a fresh wipe can leave an area wet for longer than 15 seconds. A nearly used-up wipe, not even close.

I still haven't seen any data that suggests hard surfaces, like plastics in vehicles, won't allow Covid to last potentially for days. I'm not interested in supposition. I'm interested in the latest guidance and test data, which isn't the easiest to find for the average Googler.

Edit: N List (some take as long as 10 minutes to disinfect!!!): https://cfpub.epa.gov/giwiz/disinfectants/index.cfm

 

[Benzadmiral]

This is what I would do. When the shop opens pick the truck up and drive it home. Done. Continue about your day.

Exactly. Funny how we didn't do this sort of craziness or succumb to this kind of hysteria during the HK Flu of 1968-69, and civilization chugged right on.

 

[CKN]

Exactly. Funny how we didn't do this sort of craziness or succumb to this kind of hysteria during the HK Flu of 1968-69, and civilization chugged right on.

While I don't wholly disagree-the cost/health/benefit of wiping the vehicle down in 10 minutes with .50cents worth of Clorox wipes isn't a bad idea.

 

[gathermewool]

Exactly. Funny how we didn't do this sort of craziness or succumb to this kind of hysteria during the HK Flu of 1968-69, and civilization chugged right on.

That virus killed three times fewer people. That seems to tell you something different than it's telling me.

I don't understand why people lump all of the HXNX's together, as if they all have the same efficacy and lethality.

I had the swine flu, as did two of my coworkers, but not many others. Must be something wrong with us.

 

[Oillover]

Burn it to the ground!

 

[Mainia]

Sunlight's UV rays will be your secondary guarantee besides the wipe down of disinfectant, she has nothing to worry about.

 

[Wolf359]

Burn it to the ground!

Yeah, reminds me of the times back in the day when computer viruses were just starting out. Heard of a few stories where people just threw the computer in the dumpster instead of fixing it. I wonder what the insurance company would say if you try to claim that it's trashed because of Covid.