Copper coat

[Portofino]

Quote from BBC news .
FWIW but it’s not Kuenssberg so has a strand of credibility.


[Speaking to the BBC, Professor Bill Keevil of the University of Southampton said: "Superbug bacteria, flu, norovirus and coronavirus can survive on touch surfaces for days, which is why it is so important to wash hands and regularly clean all touch surfaces (like door handles).
"In contrast, when we looked at copper and copper alloys we found that all these pathogens were killed within minutes.
"When something lands on a copper surface they liberate copper ions which attack cell walls - and that destroys the genetic material so that they cannot mutate." ]


Dont swim too far from the boat those with CC

 

[Easticks28]

I have a friend who had coppercoat on his Broads yacht. When it gets lifted every winter it displays a healthy coating of bacterial slime.

 

[pumpsmynads]

I have this on my boat. During lockdown it grew quite the beard!

 

[PeterBoater]

Quote from BBC news .
FWIW but it’s not Kuenssberg so has a strand of credibility.


[Speaking to the BBC, Professor Bill Keevil of the University of Southampton said: "Superbug bacteria, flu, norovirus and coronavirus can survive on touch surfaces for days, which is why it is so important to wash hands and regularly clean all touch surfaces (like door handles).
"In contrast, when we looked at copper and copper alloys we found that all these pathogens were killed within minutes.
"When something lands on a copper surface they liberate copper ions which attack cell walls - and that destroys the genetic material so that they cannot mutate."

That's why proper hospitals had brass (copper/zinc alloy) door handles and push plates.