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

Didn't silver have other health issues though?

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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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[–] TrollMagnet 2 points 11 points (+13|-2) ago  (edited ago)

This is not amazing. If you want something that nothing will live on get SILVER. I personally buy a lot of silver as a commodity, and just from being around it and buying it I know that nothing can live on it. It will tarnish, but thats about it. Its why silverware is called silverware. Its why silver plates, cups, flasks, etc, etc, etc.

Copper on the other hand has some similar properties, BUT, was used for a very long time because it is easy to forge into something. NOT for any other reasons. Thats actually one of the big reasons silver and gold have always been sought after too. They are very ductile. Copper is looked at as an inferior metal, and one of the most basic and easy to obtain or work with of any. I could cold work a copper pipe into a copper knife if I wanted on my anvil. If you mix copper with tin, you get an alloy stronger than either of the metals by themselves called BRONZE. As people found better metals they stopped using the old ones for the same uses. Bronze gave way to Iron as most know. Copper is actually what the Egyptians used to chisel out their stonework. Took tons of copper per day for some projects, but the majority was recycled from worn out chisels.

Silver on the other hand is by far one of the best metals to stop you from getting sick. For wounds people have pretty much always used salt. Salt is actually very good for wounds, especially stuff that is puss producing because it will dry it out and make it harden up. I have personally used it and found its better than ointments for things like burns. It does hurt, but only for a few minutes. Its good for you anyway.

Poor countries use copper because they cannot afford things like micro ban surfaces which are going to work better than copper, and I believe even better than silver. They dont use solid copper, so it is not very heavy or expensive. Just like most SILVER flatware people have is NOT silver, its only silver plated. I know because I buy silver from people when they have bulk, and the majority of people trying to sell their "silver" ware do not even have real silverware. I wont even drive anywhere unless I see hallmarks, or know the person knows what they are talking about.

If copper was as superior as this claims, people would have been using copperware. People did use a lot of bronze chamber pots, and vases, pots, and other things, but its not the best. Better than iron though since I dont think anyone would want a rusty shit pot. Thats what it really came down too. Copper is good at not oxidizing. Silver is superior when it comes to these anti bacterial properties. Silver CAN poison you too BTW and kill you, but not many forms people deal with are soluble in any way. So dont go filing your 1964 and earlier 90% coins into ointment. I you want to heal a wound the way people have for thousands of years, just get yourself a bag of sea salt and have at it! You even get that iodine in there with Salt! Either that or start cartarizing your cuts. I have cartarized wounds too on myself, and I would sugges tthe salt.

I have probably 150lbs of copper right now BTW. Im not anti copper. I have a lot of room, and hoard all metals I know are valuable. I have aluminum, gold, platinum, palladium, etc. Its my hedge against the dollar inflating. The weaker our currency gets, the more my metals are worth. The stronger the dollar, the less they are worth. Over time the one thing you can always bet on is the dollar will be worth less,and things will cost more.

Reading these comments makes me think I should invest in large amounts of tinfoil for hat production.

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

Careful hats used to use mercury in production wouldn't want to go mad there, actually in silver as well.

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[–] 8231255? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

hat production.

hahaha

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[–] FFSGTFO ago  (edited ago)

"Egyptians used copper chisels to carve out their artwork".

Dynastic or Pre-Dynastic? You are aware of the overwhelming evidence of "Egyptians" claiming the work of other such as carving into granite they found that was already formed right?

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

Coppers are also great at killing super-predators. - HRC

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