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[Mawsley]

Apropos nothing: "A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed plastic is the surface the virus remains viable on for the longest - up to 72 hours. On stainless steel the virus was detected up to 48 hours after application. For cardboard it was 24 hours and for copper just four hours."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/does-coronavirus-live-different-surfaces/

 

[Badboybez]

Apropos nothing: "A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed plastic is the surface the virus remains viable on for the longest - up to 72 hours. On stainless steel the virus was detected up to 48 hours after application. For cardboard it was 24 hours and for copper just four hours."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/does-coronavirus-live-different-surfaces/

Maybe face masks should be made out of copper mesh then.

 

[RAPTOREX]

Maybe face masks should be made out of copper mesh then.

Well ignore the article was about hard surfaces then.
The removal of brass, copper and bronze door handles and push plates. Set in motion the slide towards the super bugs our hospitals are infested with today. Though you choose to take the Micky. Silver, laced through masks, gowns or bed linen, is 100% effective at killing all bacteria, even MRSA.
But, as a general rule, none ferric base metals have anti bacterial and viral properties.