Today’s phrase of the day is “terminal cleaning.” It’s defined as the method of cleaning utilized in healthcare environments to control the spread of infections, and it’s being applied, though a little differently, at a variety of public spaces to combat COVID-19 even as social distancing, the preferred method to stop the novel coronavirus from spreading, has prompted the closure of non-essential businesses, schools and even governments.

“We did the decontamination at the Ship Bottom police department and municipal building yesterday,” Mike Mercadante,…