During the past month, we’ve heard a gazillion times that hand-washing is imperative to keep us safe from COVID-19. And that we should use soap and water for 20 seconds to thoroughly clean our hands. But it would help even more if we could ‘see’ the results with our own eyes, right? Because seeing is believing?
Earlier, a pre-kindergarten teacher used pepper water to demonstrate how soap keeps the virus away and now, former NASA engineer Mark Rober has created a video to visualize germs and their spread using ‘Glo Germ’ powder that turns fluorescent under UV light.
According to Mail Online, first, he ‘infected’ the teacher and a random student of a class with the powder. Then, he used the UV light to see where it transferred throughout the day. Check out the results.
It clearly shows how germs get on our phones, work desks, and faces. In addition, it tells us exactly why 8-second hand-washing is ineffective.
People thought the experiment was highly informative and many parents urged their kids to watch it too. Here are some of the reactions to the video.
Our family just watched this together! Thank you for providing our home school science lesson today. The kids universally said “I wish he was our science teacher”. They are now more cool with a social distancing. 🤙🏼
— Justin Sperry (@justinsperry) March 18, 2020
Absolutely amazing – everyone should watch this
— Peter Hitchener (@phitchener9) March 19, 2020
outstanding video, in a time where people don't understand how fast germs can spread. Even I was shocked by the touch-your-face segment you did. Eye-opening.
— Coffee Break (@coffeebreak_YT) March 19, 2020
How do I share this with the entire population of my city 🤦🏻♂️
— Mike Stone (@mstone03) March 19, 2020
This is an extremely good video for all purposes of understanding how to handle the current situation 💯
— Areej 📸 (@areejamin3) March 19, 2020
Clearest video on the importance of washing hands and social distancing
— wengkiong (@wengkiong) March 19, 2020
We’re going to go wash our hands and disinfect all those surfaces and things we touch frequently right now #KThanksBye.