WHAT IS A VIRUS
A virus is a genetic material contained within an organic particle that invades living cells and uses their host’s metabolic processes to produce a new generation of viral particles.
Coronaviruses are a type of virus. There are many different kinds, and some cause disease. A newly identified type has caused a recent outbreak of respiratory illness now called COVID-19.
- The virus is not a living organism, but a protein molecule (RNA) covered by a protective layer of lipid (fat), which, when absorbed by the cells of the ocular, nasal or buccal mucosa, changes its genetic code (mutation) and convert them into aggressor and multiplier cells.
- The virus is not a living organism like bacteria; you cannot kill what is not alive with antibiotics.
- The virus is fragile, however; protected only by a thin outer layer of lipid (fat).
On May 16th, 2020, the World Health Organization released a report on Considerations for the cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces. The following concerns/observations were communicated:
Spraying disinfectants, even outdoors, can be noxious for people’s health and cause eye, respiratory or skin irritation or damage.
This practice of spraying chemicals is ineffective since the presence of dirt or rubbish inactivates the disinfectant
Even in the absence of dirt or rubbish, it is unlikely that chemical spraying would adequately cover surfaces allowing the required contact time to inactivate pathogens (due to dilution, contamination and evaporation)
In summary, the WHO has suggested that chemical applications have proven ineffective in the environment. As a result of these findings, the ONLY other proven method for successfully destroying the virus is now heat.
The Aquacide® is one of the ONLY solutions currently available that can successfully combat the Covid-19 virus where chemical applications have failed.
TREATMENT
It is essential that we remain diligent and control all possible direct human to human exposure pathways.
It is equally important that we control indirect transmission as well where the virus may pass from a person to a surface or object and by contact with that surface or object to another person.
Preliminary reports suggest that COVID-19 can survive for up to 3 days on some surfaces.
Location sterilization measures must be implemented and maintained to protect against any viral transference threat.
One of the most well-known and established forms of microbial control is through the use of heat. In fact, the CDC recommends heat energy as the preferred method for sterilizing critical medical and surgical instruments.
The extreme heat energy contained in Super-heated water produced by Aquacide® liquefied, oxidizes and destroys both the protective lipid layer of the virus as well as the protein molecule.
The ability for superheated water to flow around and envelop its target ensures coverage and heat uniformity in the most difficult, hard-to-reach locations and crevices.
