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[quote=Anonymous]I would go for minimal but impactful.

Add: 
- hand sanitizer (small and large containers)
- masks
- maybe one of those metal elevator buttons/door pulls
- more medicine and health care stuff that you normally would go to a health center for (first aid kit, bandaids and antiseptic, stomach meds, pain/fever meds, eye drops, breakable ice or ice/heat packs, anti itch cream, etc...)
- small toolkit
- things to do: kindle + ability to purchase books for fun, puzzles or games they like, game console if that's their thing...gonna be a lot of time in the room
- ability to order food/snacks from Amazon, Target, grocery, whatever's around and/or restaurants. The dining halls will operate, but I work at a college, and it's not a good selection or quantity
- exercise equipment: small weights, fitbit, yoga mat
- cleaning products like clorox wipes, disinfecting spray, lysol spray if you can find it anywhere
- some IKEA bags or similar if they need to move out quickly.

Forget:
- tons of decorations and small furnishings (use crates that can be moved out with or collapsible shelf that can go in a box in a pinch, or a storage ottoman that can be packed if need to move quickly)
- tons of clothing -- basics, enough to not constantly do laundry, but nothing specialty or formal or "extra" -- you can mail it if they need it
- just think minimally as far as stuff, and choose hard surfaces over porous surfaces (leave fuzzy decorative pillow and traditional shade lamp at home, bring 1 plastic or metal task lamp, etc...)[/quote]

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