I’m gonna soak ’em in alcohol right outta the package before messing around with them.
Hope the LEDs, drivers, etc., can survive Maker’s Mark for 24 hrs. 
PS. If I have any suspicions they’re still Wuhan Doozies off they go to Boaz or Lightbringer. Those cats will play with anything warm, hard, and cylindrical they can hold in their hand.
PS. THIS is where an overheating torch on turbo could be a GOOD thing. :+1: 
Why alcohol?
Ah you mean because now there is some outbreak in China?
I'm very worried about the Wuhan coronavirus, but I doubt it could survive a long enough voyage from China to the U.S. via mail, for example.
I'm more worried about person to person transmission spreading the virus worldwide. 
I got methylated spirit ready to soak them flash lights in when I get them
Better safe than solly.
Remember We need to keep our immunity to germs
Remember what our parents said , go play in the dirt! Knowing we would eat a bit and our resistance to germs got higher
So when my torches come I’m going to have a big glass of whiskey and handle my torches (oh matron)
Joking aside , it’s getting quite bad over there
Psi live in finland and the post man who brings my stuff is outside for a while , minis 5oC at the moment in the mornings
Next week it could be minus 10 oC
That might help
Do not order anything and I mean anything from now on from China. I know, there's gonna be withdrawals but it will be worth it!
Hmmmmmmm……may not need Maker’s Mark after all. 
Quote” For human beings, skin exposure to germicidal wavelengths of UV light can produce rapid sunburn and skin cancer.[14] Exposure of the eyes to this UV radiation can produce extremely painful inflammation of the cornea and temporary or permanent vision impairment, up to and including blindness in some cases. UV can damage the retina of the eye.”
Take the rough with the smooth
Alcohol doesn’t kill viruses. Don’t bother.
LOL being that the first documented case in the USA (Snohomish County, Washington) is less than 30 miles from me, I get it. Its hard to tell if it has spread because there is also the regular flu/cough going on around here and the symptoms are similar. Going to the mall today I start seeing folks wearing masks too. Folks are definitely on alert.
Relevant political cartoon:
(Do not click if you don't like political cartoons.)
What does our president have to do with this?
He said the U.S. has the coronavirus "totally under control."
I highly doubt that.
I only chose the image because it's funny, it's about the coronavirus, and it's about a zombie apocalypse.
Waaaay more likely you would be infected by the last mile carrier or at your local Starbucks.
Most viruses only survive a few minutes or hours outside of a host. The upper limit is about seven days. Mail from China takes longer than that.
The U.S. will do fine, can we get back to the topic.
I doubt the U.S. will be fine.
This is going to get way worse before it gets better.
Americans will get sick and die, just like in China.
And everything so far in this thread has been on topic.
It's all about the rapidly spreading Wuhan coronavirus.
Viruses can’t survive long without water, bio-protein living organic matter, or a host to live in. 30 days in the mail on a metal flashlight, no virus can survive that long without water or organic matter. If you are really worried about that, then open the package with latex gloves outdoors, then spray & wipe down the light with lysol.
It's January and there's a flu going around....... doesn't this happen "every" January!
I actually do wipe down every light or item I get by air mail from China with disinfectant wipe before using, always have done. Often there is a surprising amount of dirt on the wipe when you are done. And for IP rated lights I rinse under the tap after as well. Factories are not clean places, plenty of nasty metal dust and dodgy chemicals going around.