{"id":29375,"date":"2020-12-05T12:55:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T17:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=29375"},"modified":"2020-12-05T10:39:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T15:39:45","slug":"does-disinfectant-theater-contribute-to-coronaplague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/05\/does-disinfectant-theater-contribute-to-coronaplague\/","title":{"rendered":"Does disinfectant theater contribute to coronaplague?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Text message exchange with a couple of 24-year-olds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Me: We can come over now.<\/li><li>Them: We are at the gym!<\/li><li>Me: You&#8217;re always there. I am amazed you haven&#8217;t gotten coronaplague yet!<\/li><li>Them: Hahaha I know! The gym we go to is super clean.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surface contamination has been ruled out as a significant source of coronavirus infection, right? (see below, however, for how cleaning can cut flu risk by 2 percent) Everyone agrees that it is now mostly about aerosols and therefore a gym is a perfect environment for spreading, yes? (People breathing hard and relying on non-N95 masks and\/or bandanas as PPE.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Masks make people complacent and prone to ignoring instructions to keep a 6&#8242; distance. I wonder if the sight of workers with spray bottles and paper towels has the same effect. These 24-year-olds feel that they are significantly less likely to get infected because they&#8217;ve seen every surface being wiped, despite the fact that wiped surfaces are irrelevant when faced with an aerosol enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-06-02-23.32.55-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-06-02-23.32.55-1140x1520.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29436\" width=\"472\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-06-02-23.32.55-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-06-02-23.32.55-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-06-02-23.32.55-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-06-02-23.32.55-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-06-02-23.32.55-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-06-02-23.32.55-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6121424\/\">&#8220;Transmission of Influenza A in a Student Office Based on Realistic Person-to-Person Contact and Surface Touch Behaviour&#8221;<\/a> (2018): &#8220;Regular cleaning of high-touch surfaces, which can reduce the infection risk by 2.14%, is recommended and is much more efficient than hand-washing.&#8221; <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Text message exchange with a couple of 24-year-olds: Me: We can come over now. 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