Ngaba ungasusa iSanitizer ngokuBulala iCoronavirus?

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Iimaski ze-N-95 ayisiyiyo kuphela kwento ebhabha ishelfini ngokukhanya okuqhubekayo kwamatyala e-COVID-19 coronavirus. Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kuluhlu lomntu wonke lokuthenga? I-sanitizer yesandla-kwaye kakhulu kangangokuba iivenkile zinengxaki yokunqongophala, ngokutsho IINew York Times.

Kuba ithengiswa njenge antiibhaktiriya kwaye ayiyiyo i-antiviral, usenokuba uyazibuza ukuba ngaba isicoci sanitizer ngesandla sinakho ukubulala i-coronavirus eyoyikekayo. Impendulo emfutshane: ewe.

Kukho isixa esiqinileyo sophando esixhasa into yokuba isicoci sesandla sinokubulala ezinye iintsholongwane, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo sinendawo ekuthinteleni i-coronavirus, utshilo uKathleen Winston, Ph.D., RN, umongameli wabongikazi kwiDyunivesithi yasePhoenix. Kuphononongo olupapashwe kwi Ijenali yeZifo ezosulelayo, isicoci sesandla sasisebenza ekubulaleni olunye uhlobo lwe-coronavirus, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, phakathi kwezinye iintsholongwane. (Idibeneyo: Ngaba iCoronavirus iyingozi njengoko iVayo?)

Kwaye ukuba ufuna ukucaciselwa ngakumbi, jonga nje kwi-TikTok (ewe, ufunda ekunene). Kutshanje, uMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi (i-WHO) uthathe i-app yeendaba zentlalo wabelana ngengcebiso "ethembekileyo" malunga nendlela yokuzikhusela phakathi kwesifo se-coronavirus. "Hlaziya izandla zakho rhoqo usebenzisa into yokuhlikihla isandla esela utywala njengejeli, okanye uhlambe izandla zakho ngesepha namanzi," utshilo uBenedetta Allegranzi, isikhokelo sobuchwephesha kuthintelo losuleleko kunye nolawulo, kwividiyo. (Umm, nceda nceda uthathe umzuzwana ukuqonda ukuba ngubani ojoyine iTikTok? Oogqirha bayayithatha le app.)

Ngelixa i-sanitizer yesandla inokunceda, ukuhlamba izandla zakho ngesepha kunye namanzi iseyeyona ukubheja kwakho ibhetele yokuphepha iintsholongwane. “Kwiindawo zoluntu apho abantu bephethe ukutya, bedlala imidlalo, besebenza, okanye besenza izinto ezithandwayo ngaphandle, izicoci zezandla azisebenzi,” utshilo uWinston. "I-sanitizer yesandla ingasusa ezinye iintsholongwane, kodwa ayiyiyo indawo yesepha namanzi." Kodwa xa ungenakho ukufumana amanqaku nge-H20 kunye nesepha, isicoci sanitizer esekwe etywaleni sisibini esikhuselekileyo, ngokweZiko loLawulo lweNtsholongwane kunye noThintelo (CDC). Igama eliphambili ekubeni "kusekelwe etywaleni." Ukuba uyakwazi ukutsala isicoci sesandla esithengwe evenkileni, zombini iCDC kunye noWinston bathi uqinisekisa ukuba butywala obungama-60 eepesenti yokhuseleko olugqibeleleyo. (Eyeleleneyo: Ezona mpawu ziqhelekileyo zeCoronavirus ekufuneka uzijonge, ngokweengcali)

Okwangoku, uGoogle ukhangela "ijel yokuthambisa izandla ngesandla," ziye zavela, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo kuba iivenkile bezithengisiwe. Kodwa ngaba ukhuseleko lwe-DIY lunokusebenza ngokuchasene ne-coronavirus? Ukuba kuyimfuneko, ukwenza eyakho ijeli yesicoci sesandla can sebenza, kodwa ubeka umngcipheko wokuza nefomula engasebenzi njengokhetho lwentengiso, ucacisa uWinston. (Eyeleleneyo: Ngaba iMask engu-N95 ngokwenene inokukukhusela kwiCoronavirus?)

Eyona nto ixhalabisayo yipesenti yotywala, utshilo. "Ungangxenga ukusebenza kwe-sanitizer ngokongeza izinto ezininzi ezinje ngeoyile efunekayo kunye nevumba elimnandi. Ukuba ujonga iimveliso zentengiso ezona zisebenza kakuhle, zinezithako ezincinci." Ukuba usete ekwenzeni ubugcisa be-antiviral kunye nemisebenzi yezandla ngokudibanisa eyakho, qiniseka ukuba utywala bungaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-60 yevolumu yezithako ozisebenzisayo. (I-WHO ikwanayo iresiphi yesanitizer yesandla kwi-intanethi-nangona sisixhobo esihle kwaye inyathelo-elinamandla.)

Ukuba ufumanisa ukuba indawo yakho ibethwe kukunqongophala kwesanitizer ngesandla, nangona kunjalo, qiniseka ukuba ukuhlamba izandla ngesepha kunye namanzi lolona khetho lubhetele.

Ulwazi kweli bali luchanekile ngexesha lokushicilelwa. Njengoko uhlaziyo malunga ne-coronavirus i-COVID-19 iqhubeka nokuvela, kunokwenzeka ukuba ulwazi kunye neengcebiso kweli bali zitshintshile okoko kwapapashwa okokuqala. Siyakukhuthaza ukuba ujonge rhoqo ngezixhobo ezinjenge-CDC, i-WHO, kunye nesebe lezempilo likarhulumente kwindawo yakho yokufumana olona lwazi lwanamhlanje kunye neengcebiso.

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