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A screen grab from the Viroforce website of the disinfecting machine. (Photo contributed)
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control hasn’t heard of it, but a Kelowna-based company claims it has developed a machine unlike any other in the world, which can disinfect public spaces by killing 99.9 per cent of viruses, bacteria and molds – including the virulent swine flu.
Viroforce Systems announced in a press release today that it has developed a mobile device, which appears to be about half the size of a clothes dryer, that uses ozone and humidity to kill the bugs that make people sick.
The press release says the machine converts the oxygen in a room into ozone, then humidifies the air and turns it back into oxygen.
Dr. James Hudson is mentioned in the release as the virologist “who made the discovery of the critical combination of ozone, humidity and time to create such a comprehensive disinfection rate.”
Viroforce says the machine can be used to disinfect hotels, schools, offices, planes, ships and even hospitals. Further, it was recently proven effective when used to disinfect an unnamed “prestigious international residential school.”
The company has disinfecting teams for hire that charge $300-500 a room, or, for organizations with greater disinfection needs, cleaning staff can be trained how to use the system for $60,000.
A representative from Viroforce could not be immediately reached for comment.
Meanwhile, two public health agencies declined comment on the product. Spokespersons for both Interior Health and the B.C. Centre for Disease Control refused to offer an opinion on the machine.
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Over millions of years our immune system has developed to cope almost perfectly by being regularly exposed and strengthened by millions of germs. What effect would it have to put our people in a low or no germ environment most of the time? Would germs learn some new tactics to escape these machines too just as they have adjusted to antibiotics and chemical disinfectants? In an operating room ,or in surgical recovery this disinfection might be great. As a common effect on the environment, we could all become susceptible to the simplest infection. Two Thumbs down on this idea.
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