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[Evidence Inconclusive] Germ Blaster (mander.xyz)
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[-] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It doesn't seem plausible. After wiping your hands dry the bacteria either stayed on your hands or were transferred to the paper towel. I can't see a path to the air.

Blasting your hands with air fast enough to blow off whole water drops and shatter them would put bacteria in the air.

I presume that when testing their air driers they use a sterile room and thoroughly washed hands in hospital type soap so any bacteria went down the drain and only sterile water was blown into the air

[-] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

OP edited their post with a link. It's an entirely different topic, it's about germs on paper towels coming from the factory.

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