Saturday, July 04, 2020 12:14:54 PM
Not that it should surprise anybody, but the "iwand" being touted by OPTI to go on sale this weekend is manufactured in China by a company named Raycono.
Images of the product can be seen at the following 2 links:
https://twitter.com/AlexDelarge6553/status/1279234510786367493/photo/1
$OPTI MY IWAND 🙂 pic.twitter.com/O5FxrVKFER
— michael jordan (@Raemikey) July 3, 2020
More on Raycono, the maker of this ready-made product that OPTI is going to distribute:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1769304489/raycono-the-most-effective-portable-uvc-led-steril
https://www.facebook.com/Raycono-468846220210863
They are just cheap generic UV light wands, of which there are already dozens of identical products already on the market.
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So do UV wands work against COVID-19?
According to most experts, UV light does work to disinfect surfaces against COVID-19, but UV wands do not work nearly as effectively as traditional and much cheaper disinfecting methods.
A UV wand gives off such a low dosage of UV radiation that it would take more than an hour to disinfect certain things, for example masks:
https://www.consumerlab.com/answers/does-uv-light-kill-coronavirus/uv-light-covid/?j=1372846&sfmc_sub=18125799&l=529_HTML&u=18495832&mid=7276525&jb=1&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_term=&utm_content=uv_non_member_de_send
Another pitfall of a UV wand is that it takes an extensive, annoying amount of time waving the wand back and forth at different angles to cover large surfaces and clothing, leaving lots of room for error.
https://gearpatrol.com/2020/05/10/ultraviolet-sanitizing-wands-covid-19-uvc/
Even the FDA warns that though UV disinfection devices can reduce the number of pathogens, it may not eliminate enough pathogens to prevent the spread of infection, so such devices give off a false sense of security.
Such devices are required by the FDA to have a caution on its label that says:
https://www.fda.gov/media/136533/download
UVC wands are not recommended at all for disinfecting your own skin for the reasons mentioned above, but also because UVC lighting is not healthy for your skin or eyes.
The WHO says that using soap or alcohol-based hand rub is much better:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters
The overwhelming determination by the scientific community is that you are better off with traditional, cheaper, disinfecting methods than going with an UV wand.
And that many of the devices being touted during the pandemic are not as good as advertised:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/uv-light-home-sanitizers-1.5531894
More about the risks associated with OPTI:
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=156633954
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