Is White Vinegar Really Effective Against Coronavirus? Answer Here.
Because of the coronavirus, cleaning and disinfecting your home regularly is more essential than ever.
Indeed, according to researchers at the National Institute of Health, the coronavirus can survive on a surface for several hours.
So to disinfect your house, is white vinegar effective? This is a question that everyone is asking.
Especially since bleach is far from safe for your health ...
We take stock for find out if white vinegar can actually safely disinfect your home. Here is the answer :
Yes, white vinegar is effective against the coronavirus
I suggest you watch Dr. Mascret's intervention in the 20H newscast on France 2 which explains why white vinegar is effective.
Click at the bottom right of the video to activate the sound:
As you see in this video, you can therefore use white vinegar to disinfect your home on a daily basis during the coronavirus epidemic.
Indeed, the white vinegar makes the virus inactive.
The simple act of cleaning and rubbing a surface with white vinegar attacks the envelope of the virus.
As a result, it can no longer infect you!
This is also true with soapy water that you use to wash your hands or to disinfect your phone.
So if you stay at home and don't have contact with other people outside, white vinegar is effective in disinfecting your home on a daily basis.
This is also confirmed by the RTL site here, the Atlantico site here, and Consoglobe here.
How to properly use white vinegar?
1. Put on household gloves first.
2. Pour white vinegar on a microfiber cloth.
3. Wring out the rag to remove the excess.
4. Rub the surfaces to be cleaned with the soaked cloth: door handles, switches, worktops, fridge ...
5. Once finished, put the cloth directly in the machine at 60 ° minimum.
6. Remember to wash your gloves in soapy water.
7. Take off your gloves and wash your hands.
Bleach is a virucide
According to the Directorate General of Health,white vinegar is not effective to kill the coronavirus.
Why ? Because white vinegar is not a virucide. That is, it does not kill viruses.
Unlike white vinegar, bleach is a virucide that kills all viruses, including the coronavirus.
Just putting a drop of bleach on the virus is enough to kill the virus. This is not the case with white vinegar.
"Bleach is a virucidal, which is not the case with white vinegar. Even if there are other detergent products that are effective disinfectants, we might as well recommend bleach, which is known to all, "says the Directorate General of Health.
This is also confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO): "There are chemical disinfectants that can kill Covid-19 on surfaces. These include disinfectants based on bleach or chlorine, solvents, 75% ethanol, peracetic acid and chloroform ".
Bleach is therefore effective in killing the coronavirus and eliminate it completely, but it is not without consequences on your health.
When to use bleach?
To be 100% sure to get rid of the virus, cleaning with bleach is necessary.
In particular, it is essential to use bleach when:
- you have just done the shopping to disinfect the surfaces in contact with the packaging, the handles of doors, cupboards, the fridge and freezer, switches, toilets ...
- you live with a sick person at home.
- you work with people who are or may be sick.
When to use white vinegar?
Apart from these specific cases, you can use white vinegar on a daily basis. White vinegar is an essential multi-use natural cleanser.
Thanks to its very high acidic pH and its concentration of acetic acid, it has natural cleaning and antiseptic properties.
It is effective for cleaning worktops, kitchens and bathrooms, toilets, fridge, dishwasher, washing machine, taps, windows ...
Also be sure to clean all everyday objects that you touch regularly: door handles and switches, computer keyboards, telephones ...
In short, everything you touch on a regular basis. By the way, here are the 6 things you need to clean more often at home during the coronavirus epidemic.
Precautions with bleach
If bleach is effective in getting rid of viruses, it is nonetheless a dangerous product.
You can't just use it anyhow. Bleach should be used with great care.
It is also not recommended to use it too often.
Indeed, it can cause burns on the skin and irritation of the respiratory tract.
It can also be the cause of headaches and nausea.
It is therefore strictly forbidden to put it on the skin or on food.
It is also forbidden to put bleach on your pets to disinfect them. It is very dangerous for them.
And it is important to put on gloves when using it.
Be aware that you can also use a household product that contains at least 70% alcohol to kill the virus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Recall
The best way to fight against the spread of the coronavirus and to avoid being contaminated is to apply barrier gestures and stay at home.
And don't forget to wash your hands very often with soapy water and certainly not bleach!
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