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2020-03-26 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Copper can kill a number of germs, including viruses like COVID-19

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-03-26 09:59|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Study I saw had the virus living 8-24 hours on copper. Shorter than other materials, but still very hardy.

Posted by Iblis 2020-03-26 11:13|| 2020-03-26 11:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Is copper still used on hospital door handles?
It should be.

Posted by Lex 2020-03-26 11:32|| 2020-03-26 11:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Googling copper ceiling fan blades. Nothing found yet, may have to make my own.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-03-26 11:37|| 2020-03-26 11:37|| Front Page Top

#4 NorK has proven kinetic copper jacketed injections are effective at stopping the virus...

Posted by Glenmore 2020-03-26 11:43|| 2020-03-26 11:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, that would explain why Yemen wasn't hit by Covid.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-26 12:18|| 2020-03-26 12:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Copper has long been used in anti-fouling paint for boat bottoms. It has a welcome tendency to kill marine organisms that otherwise like to attach themselves to boat bottoms and thereby degrade boat performance. Environmentalists don't like it but they don't like it when invasive species hitch rides on boat bottoms into new harbors either. Dunno how it could be used against coronavirus but if you count pennies instead of washing your hands you might still be OK.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-03-26 13:15|| 2020-03-26 13:15|| Front Page Top

#7 A lot of the newer door hardware, crash-bars and vertical 'touch surfaces' in Hospitals are using a copper alloy, Lex.

Haven't seen counter-tops or furniture with that yet, though.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-03-26 13:46|| 2020-03-26 13:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Silver works too

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-03-26 13:47|| 2020-03-26 13:47|| Front Page Top

#9 An argument for good old fashioned copper water lines rather than the new PeX tubing.

Posted by Warthog 2020-03-26 13:55|| 2020-03-26 13:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Start sewing pennies into your N95s

Posted by USN, Ret. 2020-03-26 15:42|| 2020-03-26 15:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Spent uranium can kill germs as well, but I ain't carrying any on me.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-26 15:44|| 2020-03-26 15:44|| Front Page Top

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