You think it has been hard to find Lysol spray for the past 5 months?

[Dan Murphy]

Well, now with official EPA approval as Lysol being effective against coronavirus, how difficult do you think it will it be now to find some Lysol spray disinfectant?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marlam...rays-effective-against-covid-19/#47d1df6179c7

There are currently more than 420 products on the EPA’s “List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid 19), however, the two Lysol products named today are the first to be tested directly on the virus and deemed effective.

It’s crucial to point out that any of these disinfectants are only for use on surfaces. Never use on or in the human body.

I never thought we would need this bolded warning.

 

[HeatherC]

I have been able to find some very sporadically but it remains as elusive as ever. I think heading into fall and flu season it will be virtually impossible to get.

 

[sksjasams]

Well, now with official EPA approval as Lysol being effective against coronavirus, how difficult do you think it will it be now to find some Lysol spray disinfectant?

This was my exact first thought when I saw the story on the news tonight.....

 

[Meriweather]

I found it at Costco, so have 4 large cans now.
Someone will probably try to ingest it

 

[Dan Murphy]

I found it at Costco, so have 4 large cans now.
Someone will probably try to ingest it

I went this morning to Costco, old person's time at 9 AM. No Lysol, no Clorox wipes or similar. Lots of TP and PT though.

And yes, I am sure somebody will try.

 

[Meriweather]

I went this morning to Costco, old person's time at 9 AM. No Lysol, no Clorox wipes or similar. Lots of TP and PT though.

And yes, I am sure somebody will try.

I was there for senior hour this morning too. Didn't see it this time.
2 weeks ago they had Kirkland disinfecting wipes, but didn't today.
I think those things just come in sometimes and then they have to wait for some time to get more.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

how difficult do you think it will it be now to find some Lysol spray disinfectant?

"Difficult"? It's impossible to find before the announcement, so I'm thinking I'll never find disinfecting wipes OR sprays ever again.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I was there for senior hour this morning too. Didn't see it this time.
2 weeks ago they had Kirkland disinfecting wipes, but didn't today.
I think those things just come in sometimes and then they have to wait for some time to get more.

I'll just have to go more often I guess, for the luck of the draw. In the past, I used to go to Costco maybe twice a month. I was there one other time since late February and the COVID. I hate going where people are. And I like people, haha.

 

[Deeleebaker]

I had the same exact reaction to the news.

 

[bcla]

I would also point out that alcohol-based hand sanitizers can only be marketed as reducing bacteria. I also had a few packages of disinfecting wipes, which claimed to kill human coronaviruses. However, those are just common cold viruses.

 

[dina444444]

The Target I go to had Lysol spray on Sunday morning when I was there around 10am, they had opened at 7am. They also still had 3 packs of Clorox wipes.

 

[randumb0]

I ordered some from Amazon Fresh over the weekend

 

[leebee]

You know... I usually don't fall into conspiracy theory mindset, but when I heard this today, the first thing I wondered was if the EPA is just saying this, to support the whole "open all the schools, send them all back" mindset. Isn't that awful, that I heard what should be good news and was immediately suspicious? I hate what all this politicizing of science/medicine has done to us as a society.

 

[godisney14]

I went this morning to Costco, old person's time at 9 AM. No Lysol, no Clorox wipes or similar. Lots of TP and PT though.

And yes, I am sure somebody will try.

At my nearest 4 Costcos, finding sanitizers, wipes, or sprays is still like winning weekly lotto/scratchers. One pallet comes to each Costco on a random day about once every one to two weeks and put out on the floor at a random time of the day. By the time someone tries to drive over after reading a helpful shopper’s social media update of new stock, it’s obviously all gone.

 

[SaintsManiac]

I have half a bottle left. I bought it in March the day after the schools closed here. Target was limiting the purchases.

I was using it a lot in the beginning, but now I’m holding on to it for what I feel will be a bad December.

 

[Imzadi]

Well, now with official EPA approval as Lysol being effective against coronavirus, how difficult do you think it will it be now to find some Lysol spray disinfectant?

Yep, as soon as I heard they now have label approval, I thought the same thing.

I switched to just using plain old soap and water when I can. When one reads the back of disinfectant solutions, they require that the surface stay saturated for 5-10 minutes. Plus disinfecting is supposed to happen after cleaning.

Meanwhile, when washing hands, we were advised we only need to wash for 20 seconds. Turns out, soap removes the fatty lipid layer around the COVID cells, rendering them unable to stick to our lungs.

 

[RangerPooh]

I have basically given up hope ever finding Lysol, Clorox cleaner, Clorox/store brand wipes, and non-vodka smelling (distillery) hand sanitizer ever again. So I doubt that I will ever see this product should it hit the shelves.

 

[HeatherC]

I hit the jackpot. I am visiting my parents and ran out to Walmart early this morning to grab some milk and just thought I would check to see if they had any. They had a pretty full shelf of their brand of disinfectant spray with no purchase limits. I grabbed five. May sound greedy, but I am also trying to build a small stockpile for both my parents and mother in law who are in their eighties and cannot get to the store. So they each have two now and I kept one for my family.

My advice is to maybe try to check online first for stock and then be at the store very early. I was there at 7:30 am.

 

[Christine]

I'm still not sure why I would ever need Lysol in my home. I clean with regular cleaning stuff. The virus is easily destroyed with soap. Also, the CDC has updated or reinforced guidelines stating that, while not impossible, it's pretty hard to catch the virus off a surface. While its DNA might be left behind, it's viability degrades slowly outside of a host. I just don't see the need for it.

Frankly, it should be saved and sent out to school systems and daycare centers so they have relative ease of spraying down high-use surfaces (tables/desks/public bathrooms) where people will be using those surfaces all day.

And yes, people are going to spray each other. My coworker, in the early days of this, had her 7 year old granddaughter visit and darned if her husband didn't spray the poor child down with the Lysol spray.

 

[gwynne]

I'm still not sure why I would ever need Lysol in my home. I clean with regular cleaning stuff. The virus is easily destroyed with soap. Also, the CDC has updated or reinforced guidelines stating that, while not impossible, it's pretty hard to catch the virus off a surface. While its DNA might be left behind, it's viability degrades slowly outside of a host. I just don't see the need for it.

Frankly, it should be saved and sent out to school systems and daycare centers so they have relative ease of spraying down high-use surfaces (tables/desks/public bathrooms) where people will be using those surfaces all day.

And yes, people are going to spray each other. My coworker, in the early days of this, had her 7 year old granddaughter visit and darned if her husband didn't spray the poor child down with the Lysol spray.

Lysol is already being "saved"
for institutional use. That's the big reason it's been much harder to find for household use for months.

It's sad some people are befuddled about using household cleaners. That's nothing new though.