{"id":38295,"date":"2024-01-06T07:47:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T06:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/uncategorized\/if-you-use-a-public-restroom-better-wear-a-mask\/"},"modified":"2024-01-30T10:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T09:17:45","slug":"if-you-use-a-public-restroom-better-wear-a-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/general-medicine\/if-you-use-a-public-restroom-better-wear-a-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"If you use a public restroom better wear a mask"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do we think we do not need to worry about COVID-19 while using a public toilet ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A group of researchers from Yangzhou<\/strong>University <\/strong>in China recently reported that flushing public toilets<\/strong> can release clouds of virus-laden<\/strong> aerosols that can potentially be inhaled.
\nIf this fact is not noteworthy enough, after running further computer simulations, they concluded that washing urinals does the same.
\nIn a scientific paper, Physics of Fluids<\/strong>, from AIP Publishing<\/strong>, the group shares their claim by simulating and monitoring the movements of virus-laden particles when urinals are flushed.<\/p>\n

The researchers’ work clearly shows that public restrooms can be dangerous places for potential virus-contracted infections, especially during the COVID-19<\/strong> pandemic.<\/p>\n

Other work has shown that transmission of viruses through both feces<\/strong> andurine<\/strong> is possible.<\/p>\n

“To do this, we used a computational fluid dynamics method to model the particle motion that occurs with the act of washing,” said Xiangdong Liu<\/strong>, “The specific models are the fluid volume model and the discrete phase model.”
\nFlushing a urinal, just like flushing a toilet, involves interaction between the gas and liquid interfaces.
\nThe result of flushing causes the release of a wide spread of aerosol particles from the urinal, which the researchers simulated and monitored.
\nWhat the simulations revealed is disturbing: the trajectory of the tiny particles ejected from the flushing of a urinal “manifests a type of external diffusion, with more than 57 percent of the particles moving away from the urinal,” Liu said.<\/p>\n

But that’s not all; when men use urinals inside a public restroom, these tiny particles can reach their thigh within 5.5 seconds compared to flushing, which takes 35 seconds to reach a slightly higher level.
\nUrinal particles, however, “show a more violent climbing tendency,” Liu said, “The rate of climb is much faster than flushing.”<\/p>\n

Urinals are used more frequently within densely populated areas, and researchers point out that particles will travel faster and farther, which poses a serious public health challenge.
\nThis work emphasizes how important it is to wear a mask in public places but especially in bathrooms.
\n“From our work, it can be deduced that urinal flushing actually promotes the spread of bacteria and viruses,” says Liu, “Wearing a mask should be mandatory in public restrooms during the pandemic, and anti-scattering improvements are urgently needed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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