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An update is going around that in response to COVID-19, if you can't purchase hand sanitizer, you can make some yourself. And just use vodka if you can't get isopropyl alcohol!
Yeah. Um. NO.
Details in my comments below, but please read this short article with actual science in it, not that I'm bitter or anything.
https://www.newsweek.com/how-make-han...
— Mar 12, 2020 06:12PM
Yeah. Um. NO.
Details in my comments below, but please read this short article with actual science in it, not that I'm bitter or anything.
https://www.newsweek.com/how-make-han...
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Mar 12, 2020 06:13PM
Re making your own with actual isopropyl alcohol: "...popular recipes spreading on social media for making your own hand sanitizer may not be up to the task. Getting the right ratio can make the difference between an effective or ineffective sanitizer."
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And as for using vodka:"But there's another popular recipe for homemade hand sanitizer that should be avoided entirely. While vodka and other alcoholic beverages have been poured on open wounds in movies and TV shows for decades, it's not an effective way to sterilize a surface. Most off-the-shelf vodka only contains 40 percent alcohol, making it an ineffective preventive guard against the new coronavirus."
