Comment on Germ Blaster

yamanii@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• adam_y@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Going to need to see your citations for that assertion, sir.

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  • yamanii@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    www.ajicjournal.org/article/…/abstract

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    • adam_y@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Cool.

      From the conclusion:

      This may have implications in some industrial and clinical settings as well as in immunocompromised individuals.

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• AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  First time I’m seeing a claim that paper towels spread more germs. Got a source to back that up?

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  • psud@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It doesn’t seem plausible. After wiping your hands dry the bacteria either stayed on your hands or were transferred to the paper towel. I can’t see a path to the air.

    Blasting your hands with air fast enough to blow off whole water drops and shatter them would put bacteria in the air.

    I presume that when testing their air driers they use a sterile room and thoroughly washed hands in hospital type soap so any bacteria went down the drain and only sterile water was blown into the air

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    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      OP edited their post with a link. It’s an entirely different topic, it’s about germs on paper towels coming from the factory.

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• Mac@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Downvoted for lack of source

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