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Comment by wila | Hacker News Reader

Ugh, this is the type of story that makes me want to run around with Purell or something similar and clean everything like Sheldon does.

What if I touch my keyboard with dirty hands... it's not like I never type?

Time to clean the mouse and keyboard ;)

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What about Purell gloves? Would that be possible? We’d all sort of be cleaning everything everywhere if it was possible (the disinfectant would have be to be kind of dry or dry quickly, while still letting you grip).

I thought about this too. Imagine a glove that had thousands of micro pores (like your skin) that would secrete a tiny droplet of Purell. But not enough to be wet. Just enough to create a layer of evaporating sanitizer between the glove and the surface. Possibly pressure activated so it's not secreting all the time.

And just to add to the brainstorm, just googled some ‘dry disinfectant spray’. Now I’m not saying make a full on Iron Man glove, but a pressure activated release of the spray could keep things dry. Plus we’d essentially be distributing the job of cleaning everything to everyone.

Or maybe it’s finally time for self disinfecting door knobs/faucets/lights/buttons.

i trust that you're aware the soap is more effective and efficient at destroying the virus than alchohol at the concentrations found in e.g. Purell ?

... and smartphone.

tablet.. the list goes on.

But yes, you are correct.

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