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

Because healing people doesn't make money.

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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.

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

Worst part about this is the Chinese are the biggest producers of stainless today partially because of the heightened demand and the quality has gone down enormously. It's not unusual that I have to go back on jobs because of rust spots showing up after a year or 2 of exposure to the elements. That didn't use to happen unless finishing tools were contaminated.

They've been known to lie/cheat on Mill Specs

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

lie/cheat

With our insane regulations I wouldn't blame them. Same with Volkswagen.

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

Correct, because brass is part copper.

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

TIL, thanks

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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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[–] 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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[–] GandalfThePink ago 

Something something downfall of the Western Empire.

So much potential sacrificed for short term materialistic buying power for a few.

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[–] altreptiles 0 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago 

One time placement as opposed to constant repurchasing of antibiotics and antiseptics

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[–] Mobius_racetrack22 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

They are actually. It takes a while to roll out new devices, furnishings etc. but it's definitely coming.

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

Someone finally did the math on the coming super-bug pandemic, huh? Joe can't work if he has an open rotting wound on his leg from that little scratch he got a few weeks back.

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

Thanks for the information, but unfortunately I don't really understand about tracking tags. I seem to get the same result for both links

It an ELI5 is possible I'd appreciate it :)

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

So if copper is so great, you may be wondering, why don’t hospitals have more copper fittings and fixtures?

I don't think the author of the article actually went into any Hospitals in California. If they had, they would see that almost EVERY building has been plumbed with copper piping over the past 20 years. Has there been any effect here in California? I don't think so. If it had, there would be an anomaly so huge that it would be noted.

Source: work in commercial construction of hospitals.

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[–] zoot3d 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

it doesn't have anything to do with dispensing fluids via copper pipe... it's about making handrails / bedrails / elevators / everything else that you touch from copper as copper is antimicrobial. nothing to do with plumbing.

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

Thank you for your clarification

That would be the industry then. The entire metal industry. Copper is a lot more expensive, 4x more than stainless and if you were complaining about prices of health care now, after copper no one would be able to afford it. Stainless is disinfected daily, that is much more cost effective than making copper hand rails, bed rails and all other.

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