UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoNo judgement here. Have fun with life yalllemmy.mlimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down17
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minus-squareRedSnt ♾️🦋♂️👓🖥️@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up24·3 months agoTrue, but that’s straight Johnnie Walker’s red label whisky, 40% alcohol ought to kill any germs getting flushed down her gullet.
minus-squareEtherWhack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoDon’t you need ≥60% for ethanol to even be effective? Like to actually denature the pathogen.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·3 months agoFor food safety standards probably. For an otherwise healthy person it’s probably good enough.
minus-squareRedSnt ♾️🦋♂️👓🖥️@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoIt’s a good point. And a quick search gave 60% or higher if one wanted to really sterilize. Apparently below that it depends on the strain of bacteria and how sensitive they are to alcohol.
minus-squareTynan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoOh it’s a phone. I thought it was celery.
Mmmm, phone germs.
True, but that’s straight Johnnie Walker’s red label whisky, 40% alcohol ought to kill any germs getting flushed down her gullet.
Don’t you need ≥60% for ethanol to even be effective? Like to actually denature the pathogen.
For food safety standards probably. For an otherwise healthy person it’s probably good enough.
It’s a good point. And a quick search gave 60% or higher if one wanted to really sterilize. Apparently below that it depends on the strain of bacteria and how sensitive they are to alcohol.
Oh it’s a phone. I thought it was celery.