{"id":49146,"date":"2020-08-18T22:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/flushing-public-urinals-can-spread-coronavirus-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2020-08-18T22:34:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T19:34:00","slug":"flushing-public-urinals-can-spread-coronavirus-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/flushing-public-urinals-can-spread-coronavirus-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"#Flushing public urinals can spread coronavirus, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Flushing public urinals can spread coronavirus, study finds<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

August 18, 2020 |<\/span> 3:34pm |<\/span> Updated August 18, 2020 | 3:54pm<\/span><\/p>\n

\n Flushing a urinal causes an \u201calarming upward flow\u201d of coronavirus-laden particles, a new study has found \u2014 prompting health experts to recommend wearing face coverings in public bathrooms.<\/p>\n

Researchers in China found that COVID-19 particles from a flushing urinal can shoot up to two feet in the air in less than 6 seconds \u2014 potentially infecting the unsuspecting urinal user, according to a report published in Physics of Fluids.<\/p>\n

\u201cUrinal flushing indeed promotes the spread of bacteria and viruses,\u201d said Xiangdong Liu, one of the Yangzhou University researchers behind the study, USA Today reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWearing a mask should be mandatory within public restrooms during the pandemic, and anti-diffusion improvements are urgently needed to prevent the spread of COVID-19,\u201d Liu said.<\/p>\n

The findings come in the wake of a study by the university in June that found that flushing a toilet can help spread the deadly virus by hurling droplets up to three feet away \u2014 that can then linger in the air for up to a minute.<\/p>\n

Researchers in that study said the droplets can spew out from a flushed toilet within 70 seconds and leap as much as a foot above the bowl.<\/p>\n

Both studies present potentially dangerous scenarios amid the deadly global pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cPotentially, it could contaminate other surfaces you would touch \u2014 the handle, the tap,\u201d University of Arizona virology professor Charles Gerba told USA Today. \u201cThe concern is also, was there anything left over from the person who was there before? Aerosolization from the previous user you may potentially inhale?\u201d<\/p>\n

Gerba said most people are unaware that urine and stool release particles into the air, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably been overlooked \u2014 urine contamination,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cSmallpox, Zika virus are excreted in the urine. What\u2019s surprising is that a respiratory virus can be excreted in the urine.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n

If you want to read more News<\/a> articles, you can visit our General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

if you want to watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“#Flushing public urinals can spread coronavirus, study finds” August 18, 2020 | 3:34pm | Updated August 18, 2020 | 3:54pm Flushing a urinal causes an \u201calarming upward flow\u201d of coronavirus-laden particles, a new study has found \u2014 prompting health experts to recommend wearing face coverings in public bathrooms. Researchers in China found that COVID-19 particles…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[55203,603],"class_list":["post-49146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-flushing-public-urinals-can-spread-coronavirus","tag-study-finds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}