You throw it away and replace it regularly?
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I was thinking that a case should need to be removed and UVed separately for max effectiveness. But not in lieu of wiping. The case and phone both need to be wiped and then as a last step, the UV.
A freezer Ziploc is durable and can be cleaned with alcohol or soap, but mainly I seldom use my phone in public and it usually stays in an inside pocket.
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And you can bluetooth out to airpods!
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Yup, that would be the ânooks and cranniesâ problem. Any attenuation of the rays dramatically decreases effectiveness.
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As this goes on, it is going to become increasingly apparent who makes this country run. And it ainât stock traders, bankers and politicians (for the most part, at least.) The low wage workers who get trod upon will bring the country to a halt if they go down. Would we miss the CEOs and hedge fund operators? I think not.
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Thanks, that really is wonderfully brutal.
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Follow-up: how do you disinfect airpods without breaking them?
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Weâre doing this with our card at the market. Put it in a plastic bag, let the merchant take it out & run it, and put it back. When he gets back in the car, he sanitizes the card & throws away the bag.
Iâm being somewhat paranoid about our âpublic-facing household memberâ.
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Put them in ziplock bags, too! Tiny ones. HAHAHAHA!
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Iâm not sure if thatâs a typo, a Freudian slip or a dark medical pun.
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Iâm happy that our stores have tap entry. No need for anyone else to touch it, or even physically tap it on the reader.
(On the downside: paranoia that someone could tap my ass with a reader while it was still in my wallet.)
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Typo, but it certainly works!
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RFID blocking wallet!!!
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I wouldnât remove the phone from the case, especially for cases that completely encase the phone (like Otterbox or LifeProof). Unlike with bacteria, viruses have no motion or growth of their own. So you want to focus on the high-touch areas. And if your treatment ends up causing damage, the case is a lot less expensive than the phone.
There was a study done at several hospitals using the UV robots to disinfect rooms. While the UV improved outcomes when added to regular cleaning, it did not improve outcomes compared to regular cleaning with intense cleaning of high-touch surfaces like doorknobs and bedrails.
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That particular paranoia is only justified if you have an ass worth tapping. 
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Are you saying the nooks and crannies problem isnât worth taking out of the case for? Thatâs specifically why I was suggesting it. If you take the case off, you can more easily scrub the wipe (or spray) into all those nooks and crannies and clean them without risk of pooling liquid getting onto the phone. Not because viruses are âin thereâ in the interior.
And yes, you are right about how there are different types of cases. It depends on how many high-touch places on that particular case have a nook or cranny. Different cases mean a different kind of deep cleaning, like that study about hospital rooms suggested: different rooms will need a different kind of attention, as long as the high-traffic areas receive the most attention.
I remember when those robots came out. They were supposed to be a panacea for Cdiff, but turns out they were no material gain over thorough cleaning.
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