Copper would be best deployed in hospitals and medical facilities.


Cost of Copper vs Saving Lives Schmidt said that “using copper along with standard hygiene protocols has been shown to reduce bacteria in health care settings by 90 percent.” [6] Bill Keevil, a professor of environmental healthcare at the


University of Southampton in England: “if copper surfaces were put in communal areas where many people gather, it could help reduce the transmission of respiratory viruses, like corona-virus 229E and also SARSCoV2.”


Other than


hospitals, he thinks the ideal locations for copper are public transportation systems, like buses, airports, subways. [6] Even when factoring in how much the copper costs


initially, you’d make that money back in savings within two months, Schmidt said. And considering that copper never loses its microbial killing abilities—hospitals would quickly be saving money (and lives). [6]


Antimicrobial Benefit Dwarfs the Drawbacks of Copper Some prefer not to use copper due to its propensity to tarnish and requires polishing to keep it shining. “But copper is antimicrobial regardless of how grody it looks, if it turns green on you, it still has the ability to kill bacteria and viruses and fungi,” Schmidt said. [6] In our view, green is good.


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References


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_copper-alloy_touch_surfaces [2] https://mbio.asm.org/content/6/6/e01697-15


[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_properties_of_copper [4] https://www.businessinsider.com/how-long-can-coronavirus-live-on-surfaces-how-to-disinfect-2020-3 [5] https://www.dwell.com/article/copper-brass-disinfect-coronavirus-covid-19-d0c45789 [6] Copper Destroys Viruses and Bacteria.Why Isn’t It Everywhere? By Shayla Love [7] https://www.fastcompany.com/90476550/copper-kills-coronavirus-why-arent-our-surfaces-covered-in-it


May 2020 ❘ 21 ® Franklin Bronze Precision Components’ team setting up a pour.


Ideal locations for copper are public transportation systems.


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