the tree Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I'm sure most UK residents will have seen the adverts for tissues that "kill 99 per cent of cold and flu viruses", what the hell are they basing this claim on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Well here's a link (I presume you're talking about these ones) the advert where the monk feels guilty for killing all those bacteria...groan http://www.kleenex.com/au/range_antiviral.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzurePhoenix Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I heard that they test the product against the pansy weakling strains, you know, the ones that die if you so much as look at them? Of course, everyone knows how unreliable such rumors typically are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I want to know how the tissues allow the other 1% of the viruses to 'live' outside of the human body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Probably the same way as certain shampoos give 70% more body, 80% more shine, and 90% more confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edtharan Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 How long can those viruses survive outside of the body anyway (without these tissues)? And as this is not a medical product it does not nessesarily have the burden of proof that medical producs have (AFAIK). Also how many people will catch a cold off of a tissue? Don't they usually spread by touch or through droplets in sneazes and coughs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustStuit Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Probably the same way as certain shampoos give 70% more body, 80% more shine, and 90% more confidence. I'm not sure why but this made me crack up. I could use more laughs nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bignose Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 This is a fairly interesting claim. Would anyone happen to know how many viruses 'die' within 15 minutes outside their host anyway? For that matter, I am pretty sure that whether a virus is alive in the first place is still an open question / being debated. If it is not alive in the first place, I'm not so sure it can ever be dead, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustStuit Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 For that matter' date=' I am pretty sure that whether a virus is alive in the first place is still an open question / being debated. If it is not alive in the first place, I'm not so sure it can ever be dead, either.[/quote'] That's a pretty interesting argument considering we were all taught they were not living in Biology and then again in AP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 For that matter' date=' I am pretty sure that whether a virus is alive in the first place is still an open question / being debated. If it is not alive in the first place, I'm not so sure it can ever be dead, either.[/quote'] True, but this is peripheral to the claims made here. The tissue companies could just as well have said "destroy" or "render unviable" instead of "kill." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tree Posted January 29, 2006 Author Share Posted January 29, 2006 True, but this is peripheral to the claims made here. The tissue companies could just as well have said "destroy" or "render unviable" instead of "kill."That'd be more acurate, I think "denature" is the "proper" term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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