But how does it compare to what’s already there? How does it affect the average toilet user’s bacterial load, and how does that compare to an approximate threshold for infection?
The study where gustofwind got the illustration says it’s around 10x reduction of deposited bacteria with the lid down.
FishFace@piefed.social 7 hours ago
Hawke@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
10x reduction doesn’t even make sense. It’s not possible to reduce by more than 1x, as that would be 100% of the bacteria gone.
And your link doesn’t support what you said at all.
Am I misreading something?
tburkhol@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I’m not interested in their narrative, I’m talking about their numbers. They measured plaque formation - colonies - of bacteria from surface wipes around the toilet after flushing a contaminated toilet bowl. Depending on the location & lid state, they got, generally 10^3-10^6 plaques. 10^5 with the lid closed, 10^6 open, which is a 10x difference. There’s no difference in the surfaces directly facing the bowl; hardly surprising that there’s little contamination left by the time you get all the way to the walls - 1/r^2 effect. Look at the surface you sit on.
Hawke@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I’m much more interested in the conclusions and the meaning of the numbers, for two big reasons: