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[–] What_was_that_2 0 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago 

I thought brass was a natural disinfectant and most door nobs were brass in the early 1900's.

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[–] Onlio 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I did not know this. Voat teaches me something new every day

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[–] GreatDrok 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago 

Yeah, but a lot of what voat teaches is so massively wrong as well that the few times it is right shouldn't be lauded. A broken clock is right twice a day. About the same for voat. Seriously considering leaving due to the awful signal to noise these days since the influx of cretins from reddit who were the reason I left that. The problem here is the same as everywhere else where the concept of voting is misused to suppress things people don't like regardless of how true they may be so a lot of crap that people like gets prominence despite the bad science.

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[–] Mr_YUP 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Didn't silver have other health issues though?

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[–] DiscontentedMajority 1 point 22 points (+23|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Correct, because brass is part copper.

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[–] theMETA 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Yup. Brass is a copper-tin or copper-zinc alloy, whereas bronze is usually a copper-aluminium alloy.

The problem with this comment thread is that most brass door knobs are coated in a thin, "invisible" plastic to prevent it from oxidizing. This keeps the brass bright and golden, instead of turning brown and "crusty."

This plastic barrier prevents any antibacterial properties the copper could possibly have. For this reason, brass has been primarily used for its golden color, and not it's antibacterial properties.

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[–] What_was_that_2 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

TIL, thanks

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[–] smokratez 3 points 38 points (+41|-3) ago 

Because healing people doesn't make money.

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[–] Runaway-White-Slave 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Pennies work wonders on itchy-balls....

Just had to throw that out there, balls had been itching for a few days, not any longer....

Thanks OP you're a scrotum saver!!!!

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[–] smokratez 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Dammit man. Wash your balls.

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[–] midnight_rider 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

You would be shocked at how many nurses (especially LPN) do not properly adhere to patient precautions, that's one reason C-diff is rampant in many hospitals.

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[–] smokratez 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Standards in hospitals have been dropping for decades.

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[–] damnittohell 1 point 4 points (+5|-1) ago 

I wouldn't be surprised. Same reason diabetics are told to continually raise their blood sugars and then use drugs to bring them back under control: $$$. Docs can't be sued if a diabetic has issues from high blood sugars, only low blood sugars. So they keep them high and if your foot falls off or you go blind oh well.

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[–] doginventer [S] 1 point 14 points (+15|-1) ago 

Yes, I suspect this is the strongest factor. As someone mentions in the comments: there's no patent on copper, hand gel though....

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[–] smokratez 2 points 10 points (+12|-2) ago 

You mean the hand gel that gets rid of the good germs on your hands that protect you from getting sick? Lol.