Encouraging antiviral test results from Addmaster (UK) Ltd

WHAT is very different about the frightening pandemic we find ourselves in the middle of today is the enemy, writes Addmaster (UK) Ltd.

* Bacteria will happily live on a surface for 10 to 40 weeks.

* Bacteria will multiply readily in the right conditions.

* Bacteria can be deadly, but in the vast majority of cases they only make us ill and we can usually recover and in particular bad cases then antibiotics can come to our rescue.

The Covid-19 coronavirus strain however:

* is thought to only survive on a surface for three days.

* does not grow on a surface – it needs a host (you) to multiply.

* is much more deadly and there is no antidote/vaccine to protect us – yet.

Therefore to be an effective supplier of antiviral products, the key benefits must tackle the key dangers of the enemy. And that is why we have been conducting an enormous amount of testing on coronaviruses, particularly the feline strain as it is so similar to Covid-19. To date, commercial labs cannot handle Covid-19 so all testing is against feline coronavirus, however, the scientific consensus is that it will be deactivated in the same way. Whereas with antibacterial surfaces a 24-hour test on an organism that can live for months is a great way to show efficacy, with coronaviruses we have to a much quicker reduction, otherwise we may as well just wait for 72 hours for it to die off naturally.

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