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HYGIENE STANDARDS
Welcome to S.O.S. (System of Support) - SOSZIP.com. Safety is our first priority. We are living in an unprecedented time when maintaining social distancing & practicing safe hygienic standards is a necessity for helping save lives. We should all be following advice from public health officials to refrain from leaving home unless for essential purposes. We encourage our users to exchange help, care, and emotional support that stays over the phone and use remote means whenever possible. Posting or responding to an announcement that requires leaving the house for essential purposes should be carried out by using sterile techniques and zero in-person contact to lower transmission. Unsafe actions conducted by a well-meaning helper can have tragic consequences. We recommend that our community follows the latest CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) safety guidelines.
- Follow social distancing rules. Specifically, avoid running errands during high-traffic times, and keep at least 6 feet distance between yourself and others.
- Wash your hands often and well before and after errands. The CDC recommends following this guide for handwashing.
- Refrain from touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
- Wear protective gloves while grocery shopping and/or running errands, and walking someone’s pet
- If walking someone’s pet, don’t share food, kiss, hug, or pet them, and wash your hands before and after any contact with them.
- Bring disinfectant (minimum 60% alcohol) and sanitize everything you or others have touched before drop-off: groceries and grocery bags, handles, dog leash, delivery containers, etc.
- If a neighbor needs groceries & supplies, leave them on the doorstep.
- If grocery / pharmacy items have not already been paid for in advance, use electronic payment to reimburse the helper, such as Paypal/Venmo/Cash App/Zelle.
- If you’re sick, stay home except to get medical care.
- Refrain from helping with any in-home chores, grooming care or personal hands-on care at this time.
- Educate yourself on current CDC best practices for hygiene and social distancing.
Sources:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Coronavirus Disease 2019 (www.cdc.gov)
American Veterinary Medical Association / COVID-10 (www.avma.org)
SAFETY STANDARDS & PROHIBITED ITEMS
SOSZIP.com is a platform for exchanging concrete help and care. Offers for support must be free of charge. This is not a site for advertising a business, offering paid services, or soliciting money, property, or goods for the purpose of reselling. This site does not function as a discussion board, a neighborhood watch, or a means for issuing public safety warnings. Users must comply with all applicable laws, the SOSZIP.com terms of use, and all posted site rules.
Here is a partial list of goods, services, and content prohibited on SOSZIP.com:
Here is a partial list of goods, services, and content prohibited on SOSZIP.com:
- racism, sexism, transphobia, classism, ableism, or bigotry of any kind.
- violent language or behavior of any kind
- fraud, deception, and/or deliberately deceiving people to gain an unfair advantage or deprive another of money, property, or legal right.
- weapons; firearms/guns and components; BB/pellet, stun, and spear guns; etc
- ammunition, clips, cartridges, reloading materials, gunpowder, fireworks, explosives
- offers, solicitation, or facilitation of illegal prostitution and/or sex trafficking
- exploitation or endangerment of minors; child pornography
- recalled items; hazardous materials; body parts/fluids; unsanitized bedding/clothing
- sale or bartering of prescription drugs, medical devices; controlled substances and related items
- sale or bartering of alcohol or tobacco; unpackaged or adulterated food or cosmetics
- pet sales (re-homing ok), animal parts, stud service
- endangered, imperiled and/or protected species and any parts thereof, e.g. ivory
- false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent content; bait and switch; keyword spam
- offensive, obscene, defamatory, threatening, or malicious postings or email
- expression that threatens people has the potential to intimidate, exclude or silence others
- anyone’s personal, identifying, confidential or proprietary information
- sale or bartering of food stamps, WIC vouchers, SNAP or WIC goods, governmental assistance
- stolen property, property with serial number removed/altered, burglary tools, etc
- ID cards, licenses, police insignia, government documents, birth certificates, etc
- US military items not demilitarized in accord with Defense Department policy
- counterfeit, replica, or pirated items; tickets or gift cards that restrict transfer
- lottery or raffle tickets, sweepstakes entries, slot machines, gambling items
- spam; miscategorized, overposted, cross-posted, or nonlocal content
- postings or email the primary purpose of which is to drive traffic to a website
- postings or email offering, promoting, or linking to unsolicited products or services
- affiliate marketing; network, or multi-level marketing; pyramid schemes
- any good, service, or content that violates the law or legal rights of others
Please don't use SOSZIP.com for these purposes, and flag anyone else you see doing so.
Thanks for helping keep SOSZIP.com safe and useful for everyone.