Interesting article with statistics on how quickly copper surfaces kill microbes, and how much they reduce the rate of

Mar 20, 2020
12:50:15pm

Smack'sWife All-American

infection in hospital trials. Pretty strong argument for making high-contact surfaces (hand-rails, public drinking fountains, doorknobs, etc.) out of copper or copper alloys:

Vice

Copper Destroys Viruses and Bacteria. Why Isn’t It Everywhere?

It could destroy norovirus, MRSA, virulent strains of E. coli, and coronaviruses—including the novel strain currently causing the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xgqkyw/copper-destroys-viruses-and-bacteria-why-isnt-it-everywhere[https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xgqkyw/copper-destroys-viruses-and-bacteria-why-isnt-it-everywhere?utm_source=pocket-newtab]

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Interesting article with statistics on how quickly copper surfaces kill microbes, and how much they reduce the rate of

Smack'sWife All-American

3/20/20 12:50pm

Copper at its lowest levels in nearly 4 years. Maybe time to buy

pink22

3/20/20 12:54pm

Isn't copper pretty expensive?

buffgato

3/20/20 12:54pm

The article says that replacing 10% of the hospital surfaces with copper (the high-touch areas, like the nurse call

Smack'sWife

3/20/20 1:03pm

Seems plausible, as long as people don't steal the doorknobs and railings

buffgato

3/20/20 1:20pm

I thought the copper weakness was just in Megamind

byujag

3/20/20 1:00pm

Orchards spray copper at the end of fall harvest to kill everything on the trees

Cougarclaw

3/20/20 1:01pm

Ha! So everyone over 65 goes in for a copper spray tan.

Yohy

3/20/20 1:05pm

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