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Hey Media, Disinfection Services are Helping Stop the Coronavirus
Townhall.com ^ | April 20, 2020 | Rachel Alexander

Posted on 04/20/2020 5:21:52 AM PDT by Kaslin

The government is telling us to wash our hands and use disinfectants on surfaces around us to kill the coronavirus. While that may help somewhat, most people cannot possibly hit every area. That is where disinfection companies are coming in to save the day. They are desperately needed because the coronavirus can survive for hours or days depending on the type of surface. These companies are one of the necessary steps toward the end of the lockdowns in order to prepare businesses for re-opening.

But will the biased media spread the message of how important this service is and how it’s a big help in turning the tide? Or are they too interested in running shock headlines and doomsday scenarios? Disinfection companies are already quietly spraying hospitals, light rail, airplanes, trucks, buses, residences, assisted living, daycares, schools, gyms, police and fire departments and emergency services. The media will run scare articles about how filthy subways and airplanes are, but neglect to mention that they’re regularly being sprayed down. The coronavirus would have spread far more without these companies regularly treating dense or highly trafficked areas. With the exception of local newspapers, the media has ignored this important service.

I talked to Eric Vomfell, the CEO of Full Spectrum Disinfection, and his vice president and CFO, Chris Holderead, to find out more. Interestingly, they saw a rapid increase of infection in the healthcare industry and so decided to start the company in 2018. They use a patented technology from TOMI Environmental Solutions. This tech uses hydrogen peroxide liquid, turning it into a dense dry fog or mist through a cold fusion plasma arch.

The Department of Defense and DARPA developed it after the anthrax attacks and used it to combat SARs and other viruses. Known as SteraMist, it kills 99.9999 percent of pathogens and bacteria. It’s non-corrosive to medical equipment and other electronics, unlike chlorine. It is not necessary to wipe off afterward and unlike products used by most other disinfectant companies, the area is safe for occupying just 45 minutes after spraying. They are already spraying Phoenix light rail every weekend due to the coronavirus.

The CDC recommends that people use Clorox wipes to sanitize. But there is a problem: human error. A lot of people don't read what the bottle says, which is to saturate and leave on. They actually could be spreading it more. They miss areas. Some mix it with other compounds, unknowingly creating a potential bomb. Bleach is not a good solution either because it can be dangerous to people’s health. In addition, it damages materials and stains fabrics.

Full Spectrum also distributes ultraviolet lighting. It mimics the sun, penetrating the cells of pathogens and damaging the DNA or RNA that contain their genetic code. The CDC recommends it.

One owner of a cleaning company sprayed his own hotel room before he would stay in it; that’s how serious he views the pandemic. A chef and a bar manager in Denver, whose jobs were obviously suffering, opened up a temporary disinfectant company. Many companies that did not offer disinfectant before the pandemic have switched to providing this service. Paradigm Convergence Technologies Corporation, a company in Little River, South Carolina, has shifted from installing hospital equipment to focus on producing and providing a sanitary solution called Hydrolyte, a hypochlorous acid-based product. Two women who were laid off from a nearby restaurant were hired to package the disinfectant.

Full Spectrum Disinfection recommends that businesses disinfect now because there will be no openings left for companies to service them in a timely fashion the longer they wait. The area will remain clean if no one is in the area until the business is permitted to open. The company is operated out of Arizona but can service the whole country with the TOMI Service Network and other partnerships.

Unfortunately, if a new person comes into an area that has been treated, they can infect it. Full Spectrum Disinfection believes that disinfection will be forever changed due to the pandemic. Many businesses that thought they were fine with just one treatment will need to start regularly disinfecting. Let’s just hope the media finally covers this, because it is a key part of the solution and if businesses aren’t aware of it, it could seriously hurt the recovery from this terrible time.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: disinfect; infectiousdisease; wuhancoronavirus

1 posted on 04/20/2020 5:21:52 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

So I can put hydrogen peroxide in my clothes steamer and disinfect my car and house, I guess. Thanks for the idea!


2 posted on 04/20/2020 5:27:47 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Kaslin

I’m not buying this at all. I see these guys spraying everywhere, floors and walls. I don’t think it works. Can it work, of course. But does it stop the normal spread, nope. Not at all.

Think of it. You spray everything. Then even one infected person comes in afterward and boom. The place is no longer clean.


3 posted on 04/20/2020 5:31:18 AM PDT by poinq
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To: Kaslin
A few days ago I saw a couple at the grocery store. They were wearing gas masks and gloves.

They would take each item out of their shopping bag, give it a quick swipe with what I assume was a sanitizing cloth, then put it in their car.

4 posted on 04/20/2020 5:31:19 AM PDT by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the far North)
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To: sima_yi

They must be a lot of fun at parties.


5 posted on 04/20/2020 5:33:10 AM PDT by Peter W. Kessler ("NUTS!!!")
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To: yldstrk
Sono wipes will work as well. And surprisingly enough, they are still to be had (when I checked last week)

Originally marketed for healthcare equipment wipe-downs as a medical grade disinfectant.

Made in the USA as well.

6 posted on 04/20/2020 5:35:03 AM PDT by onona (I'm sure there's more)
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To: sima_yi

All disinfecting wipes require a 4 minute contact time period. So yup, they were doing it all wrong.


7 posted on 04/20/2020 5:36:01 AM PDT by onona (I'm sure there's more)
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To: Kaslin

“Full Spectrum Disinfection”

Great name.

Does anyone know of a spray suitable for we the public to use around their home, car, etc.?

Possibly even something to spray in your nose and mouth and other openings entered by foreign objects.


8 posted on 04/20/2020 5:38:35 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: onona

Thanks!


9 posted on 04/20/2020 5:42:23 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: cymbeline

You gargle with hydrogen peroxide. You can put it in a sinus wash too.


10 posted on 04/20/2020 5:43:36 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: poinq

they sprayed the hell out of Chinese streets


11 posted on 04/20/2020 5:46:46 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The fish wrap media promoted Obama's Benghazi lies in 2012.)
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To: Kaslin

Sunlight.


12 posted on 04/20/2020 5:47:54 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: Kaslin

I had to stop reading this RIDICULOUS article. If the germs only live a few days, and the businesses have been closed down for a month - HELLO - the germs have already died.


13 posted on 04/20/2020 5:51:50 AM PDT by Saveourcountry
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To: Saveourcountry

You better stop making sense.


14 posted on 04/20/2020 5:57:03 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Follow your Inner Trump)
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To: a fool in paradise

they sprayed the hell out of Chinese streets


That was for show. It looks like your doing something. Of course they took lots of pictures of it. And it probably had a strong chemical smell as well.


15 posted on 04/20/2020 8:57:41 AM PDT by poinq
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To: poinq

Still haven’t seen people falling over dead in the streets as happened on numerous Chinese viral videos.


16 posted on 04/20/2020 9:11:37 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The fish wrap media promoted Obama's Benghazi lies in 2012.)
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