OUT AND ABOUT ON THE VIRUS.
>> Kim: OUR DR. FRANK McGEORGE
IS HERE WITH THE TRUST INDEX ON
SOMETHING MANY PEOPLE ARE BUYING
OR CONSIDERING BUYING.
AND DR. McGEORGE, WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT COPPER MASKS HERE.
>> Dr. McGeorge: YES, KIM AND
DEVIN.
MASKS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF
REDUCING THE SPREAD OF
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND
THEY’RE ESSENTIAL IN OUR BATTLE
AGAINST COVID-19.
SHORT OF OBTAINING N-95
RESPIRATORS, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
RESPIRATORS, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
TO OTHER WAYS TO USE
COPPER-INFUSED FIBER IN FACE
MASKS, THAT’S POPULAR.
BUT DO THEY REALLY HELP?
BUT DO THEY REALLY HELP?
METALS LIKE COPPER AND SILVER
ARE KNOWN TO HAVE ANTI-MICROBIAL
PROPERTIES.
WHEN THEY PUBLISHED A STUDY ON
HOW LONG THE COVID-19 COULD
SURVIVE ON SURFACES, THEY
INCLUDED COPPER ON THE SURFACES.
INCLUDED COPPER ON THE SURFACES.
NO INFECTIOUS RESIDUE ON COPPER.
USE.
IN ORDER TO ALLOW TO YOU
BREATHE, MASKS HAVE FINE POURS
THAT FILTER CONTAMINANTS.
THE PRESENCE OF COPPER DOESN’T
IMPROVE THE FILTRATION, IT’S
IMPROVE THE FILTRATION, IT’S
DEPENDENT ON THE SIZE OF THE
PORES.
THE ABILITY OF A CORNER SURFACE
THE ABILITY OF A CORNER SURFACE
TO KILL BACTERIA AND VIRUSES IS
NOT INSTANTANEOUS, ALTHOUGH IT’S
REFERRED TO AS CONTACT KILLING.
BACTERIA AND VIRUS THAT IS COME
IN CONTACT A WITH THE VIRUS WILL
BE ELIMINATED QUICKER, HOWEVER
MANY ARE MADE OF MULTIPLE
PLAYERS, ONLY ONE OF WHICH
PLAYERS, ONLY ONE OF WHICH
CONTAINS COPPER.
THE OTHERS WILL PROBABLY HAVE
JUST AS MUCH BACTERIA AND VIRAL
CONTAMINATION.
SO I’M GIVING THIS A "NOT TRUE"
ON THE TRUST INDEX.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS, WHILE
THERE’S SOME FUN SCIENCE BEHIND
THE IDEA OF USING COPPER IN A
MASK, AT PRESENT, THERE’S NO
EVIDENCE THAT A COPPER INFUSED
MASK WILL KEEP YOU SAFER THAN AN
ORDINARY MASK.
ORDINARY MASK.
AND KEEP IN MIND, THE PRIMARY
PURPOSE OF MASKS IS TO PREVENT
YOU FROM SPREADING YOUR GERMS.
AND COPPER IS NOT GONNA CHANGE
THAT.
>> Devin: WHAT ABOUT THE
PRODUCTS THEMSELVES.
ARE THE SELLERS RELIABLE?
>> Dr. McGeorge: THAT’S A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROBLEM.
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROBLEM.
THERE’S NO QUALITY GUARANTEE.
I WOULD INVESTIGATE THE
RESOURCE.
IT’S NOT A COMPLETELY NEW IDEA
AND THERE ARE MANUFACTURERS THAT
HAVE BEEN SELLING THEM FOR YEARS
IN SOME CASES FOR MAINLY
HYGIENIC ALTERNATIVES THAT THE
HYGIENIC ALTERNATIVES THAT THE
MASK BECOMES LESS COLONIZED WITH
