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Re: Best way to disinfect a mouthpiece?

Author: eac
Date: 2022-06-30 21:59

The lipid/fatty capsule of the covid virus will be disrupted by soap and water or dissolved by alcohol. If one wants to be very cautious, a belt and suspenders approach of washing with soap and water followed by rinsing with water with a subsequent wipe down with alcohol (like an alcohol swab) should be more than adequate to remove bacteria and viruses. The virus or bacteria won’t have bonded to the slick mouthpiece surface under common circumstances. One or two stray virus particles or germs that might possibly remain will not constitute an infectious dose. We aren’t talking about anthrax spores or a poison like arsenic or cyanide. No need to make disinfecting a mouthpiece any complicated than needed. I definitely would not soak the mouthpiece or the cork in any disinfectant.

Liz Leckey

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