Hand Sanitizers: Towards An Alternative

Some preventive measures against the Virus. The use of hand Sanitizers or the ceaseless washing of hand with soap and water. The economic implication of this medical advice from WHO is the ridiculous hiking of the prices of hand Sanitizers, sometimes, its unavailability.

This therefore brings to bear the efficacy of the heat energy that can be generated through the rubbing of hands.

For instance, the heat energy produced by 1 Hand of force in one Rub is E = 0.62 x 100 x 0.20 = 12 Joules

That is, one Hand-Rub = 12 Joules

If then continuously done , say up to 200 Hand-Rubs , the total amount of heat energy (hot temperature) that will be generated is 2400 Joules which , if measures in degree Celsius , would give way over 100 degree Celsius in temperature (heat energy or hotness) needed for preventing its spread through the hand.

The unscrupulous hikes in the prices of hand Sanitizers and its rising unavailability given the importance of hand Sanitizers in preventing the Covid-19. Within my community, following the hike that accompanied the sales of hand Sanitizers, they are practically unavailable despite that

the Corona Virus has , within a short span of time , resulted in the
deaths of 14,457 , 338,259 infected persons across the globe with only
96,958 recovered cases.

This therefore brings to bear the efficacy of the heat energy that can be generated through the rubbing of hands.

For instance, the heat energy produced by 1 Hand of force in one Rub is E = 0.62 x 100 x 0.20 = 12 Joules

That is, one Hand-Rub = 12 Joules

If then continuously done , say up to 200 Hand-Rubs , the total amount of heat energy (hot temperature) that will be generated is 2400 Joules which , if measures in degree Celsius , would give way over 100 degree Celsius in temperature (heat energy or hotness).

Logically , rather than continue to promote the capitalist spirit and ethics that has now engulfed the sales of hand Sanitizers, we could take the bull by the horn and start creating our own path and peculiarities to beating the virus. Rubbing of one's hand continuously for up to 200 times would generate more 100 degree hotness or temperature on our palm that can serve the purpose of hand sanitizer. Although, the heat energy and temperature generated from Hand-Rub when unregulated can lead to 3rd degree burn.

The immediate and the Global populations. Since the prices of hand Sanitizers have gone incredibly up and, in most instances, they have been scarcely available despite their relevance in preventing the spread of Covid-19 through the palms. In light of these realities and interplays, an alternative became pertinent to the use of Sanitizers in situations where they are not readily available or impossible to wash the hands with soap and water for the health of the people in these trying times of global health uncertainty.

Basically, the challenge here is how to prevent or address a global pandemic like the Covid-19 that threatens the local and global populations. Yours truly, this innovation tagged " Hand Sanitizers: Towards an Alternative during Covid-19 Global Pandemic" is capable of contributing to the on-going efforts to ensuring; firstly, the spread of the Corona-virus; its prevention; the unavailability of hand sanitizers; and save the people from unscrupulous and criminal economic exploitation brought about by the hikes in the sales of the highly demanded hand sanitizers in my immediate community, Osun, Nigeria, and the entire world.

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