What does this product mean for businesses and schools? University of Arizona professor of microbiology Dr. Charles Gerba, Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel, and former Dallas Cowboys fullback Daryl Johnston react.
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Brian first and only antiviral
surface clean tore, help stop the
spread of Covid 19, now approved
by the FDA. Two liners will be
the first to use surface wise, two,
a disinfectant which creates a
barrier on surfaces and breaks
down the virus for several days
here to discuss this potential
benefits is professor of Micro,
biology and immunology at the
University of Arizona,
Dr Charles Gerber, with here
Fox NEWS contributor, Dr Marc
Siegel, has been looking at this
for US
former NFL fullback for the
Dallas Cowboys and NFL analyst
Darrell Johnson graduated
Syracuse,
first of all, Darrell im used
to talking football with you.
What sold you on this product?
The big thing is, I met the
COE three years ago on the first
generation product and trying to
get it into the athletic space
for Staph and MRSA, and some of
the bacteria problems that
happened with athletes after the
Xfl had to close down business
because of the pandemic I
reached out, because I knew they
were going down this path and
excited what they were doing.
He invited me out and showed me
second generation product and
everything it was capable of
doing.
I just wanted to be a part of
this team because I knew the
sports leagues were going to
have to close down and they
would need to start up.
My challenge has been through
this whole process to getting
this in front of the NFL Major
League, baseball, the NBA and NHL
and MLS making sure their
athletes were safe and push it
down to the collegiate and even
to high school football.
I always believed the return to
sports that was going to be one
of the big things help us get
back to normal in our country,
Brian, in Laymans terms, because
im the ultimate layman in this
you are saying, if im in a
locker room or if I am on an
airline, I spray it once I could
have that plane fill up two or
three times within a week or twenty five
times within a week, and I dont
have to spray it down again:
yeah thats, correct,
in fact its really been tested
both in the real world and in
the laboratory.
We actually wear test
this. We try to wear it down
and this really holds up for a
long time,
at least in our studies. You
know up to Ningtsd days, its
still very effective
Brian. This is game changing,
which is why we asked Dr Siegel
to look at it.
You have been talking to DOW
Johnson too on this for about a
month now,
Dr Siegel, what do you think?
I think its a very
impressive
Brian I want to you understand
this is not instead of regular
cleaning
but its the idea of putting on
a surface. That is something that
gives you a baseline grection
one study they did last April.
One of the major infectious
disease shows thirty percent reduction in
hospital infections. Using
this and again, you lay this on,
and then on top of that you do
your daily cleanings.
You are not going to replace it
think of a football locker room,
for example.
If you think that doing the
daily cleaning matters the next
day, they are there with more
sweat.
So this provides a baseline
protection
and I think its very effective
Sars Cov two virus very easily
killed.
It has a coat on it, thats easy
to kill it.
This is a very good edition.
Brian. Can I get it to that
small school to that small
community that doesnt have much
money? Can I get it into a major
private college?
Is there any way for this to be
ready if its proved effective
and the EPA is sold on it?
Is there any way to get it to
everybody
thats what we are hoping
Brian?
We are working with the side by
side to get a section three waiver
to roll this out nationwide, as
we continue to press the length
of the residual protection.
We just had a great conservation
with a small school down here in
Texas, defending three: a division
state champions at Gunner High
school,
and they only had two cases,
so they really werent worried
about the virus
when we told them that they
could return to Precovid 19
cleaning protocols, their head
coach looked us straight in the
eye, so you are saying my coaches
can coach and teachers can teach
they dont have to be janitors
anymore.
Time element another huge
component as we get down into
the smaller schools and
colleges
Brian, I told new, my town, they
are walking around with
plexiglass
and today is the first day of
school.
I mean you are saying that the
American Airlines sold on this
to the point where they can take
some additional precautions, but
they could feel there is a
foundation there.
Yes,
I think this really adds the
additional barrier we always
wanted, because we know surfaces
get recontaminated all the time.
I think that that way, its a
break through as we have an anti
viral product in particular that
can be put on a surface and
cover those times when the
surfaces get recontaminated
Brian. So, Dr Siegel, what
would be your question that you
have right now? If you had a
health club or you were
principal of a school to make,
you feel better to tell the kids
to come back and maybe think
this thing is going to be clean
for a week
clean at least a week at a time
whats your question.
Well, so Brian, I love that
it does common surfaces and
areas of high volume like planes
and like schools.
I want to know that my kids
dont get irritated or dont get
allergies from this.
I would want to know from
Dr Gerber that they tolerate it
and doesnt cause any
watering or anything like that.
Brian, your answer, Dr Gerber
yeah,
thats a good question.
The EPA requires that type of
testing
thats been done,
its not a skin sin advertiser.
One of the ratings EPA gives, for
disinfectant
Brian the free market doing its
work while going through the
scientific steps.
Darryl Johnson, okay, no eye
black on
you, dont have to wear a chin
strap, but I think you are making
thank you for this work.
Dr Siegel, thanks for your.
Transcript generated on 2020-09-08.