Karima, an auditor from Europe 1 whose 3-year-old son may be suffering from Covid-19, wonders if she should use a disinfectant spray while waiting for the test result.
Thursday in "Sans Rendez-vous" on Europe 1, doctor Jimmy Mohamed warns her against this type of product.
How to disinfect your interior when there is a sick person at home? Karima, an auditor from Europe 1 whose 3-year-old son may be suffering from Covid-19, wonders if she should use a disinfectant spray while waiting for the result of the test. Doctor Jimmy Mohamed replied to him on Thursday in
Sans Rendez-vous
on Europe 1
.
"So-called sanitizing sprays are actually useless. These types of products will make you feel, wrongly, safe. Remember, at the start of the first wave, we were wondering if it was necessary to sanitize the sprays. In some countries, such as China, all public transport and sidewalks were thoroughly bleached. No such measure was finally taken in France, and for good reason: the medical literature says it is unnecessary. , manufacturers sometimes take advantage of our fears to sell us products that are strictly useless, even dangerous.
More effective than sprays: open windows
What doctors advise, whether or not you have a sick person at home, is to ventilate as much as possible in order to renew your air regularly.
This helps dispel the virus, since it can survive suspended in the air as microdroplets.
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If you plan to have several people in your home at Christmas, what I recommend against is to open the windows every two to three hours, for 5 to 10 minutes.
This is the time needed to renew the air and get rid of the virus, if it is at all there.
No need for sanitizing products, just open your windows wide.
In addition, sprays are often the cause of indoor pollution.
They can be a source of endocrine disruptors and irritate the respiratory tract.
As a pandemic or not, they are therefore not recommended. "