{"id":674,"date":"2010-01-14T11:48:22","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T16:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/?p=674"},"modified":"2015-06-04T15:25:56","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:25:56","slug":"magic-wand-destroys-h1n1-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/magic-wand-destroys-h1n1-and-more\/2010\/01\/14\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Wand Destroys H1N1 &#8212; and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-675\" title=\"78326A\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/01\/78326A-150x1501.jpg\" alt=\"78326A\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>From the folks at Hammacher Schlemmer comes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammacher.com\/Product\/78326?source=EML00410&amp;cm_ven=WC&amp;cm_cat=20100114_EML004&amp;cm_pla=BYR&amp;cm_ite=78326_The%20H1N1%20Destroying%20UV%20Wand\" target=\"_blank\">this extraordinary device<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span id=\"ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_r_ctl01_p_detailDescription\">Tests performed by an independent antimicrobial testing laboratory showed the wand destroyed 99.98% of the H1N1 virus after a five-second exposure when held 3\/4&#8243; above the contaminated surface. Also capable of killing MRSA, mold, and dust mites, the UV-C light penetrates viral and bacterial membranes and destroys their DNA, rendering the microorganisms incapable of reproduction and survival. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that this thing became available just as <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/h1n1flu\/updates\/us\/#iligraph\" target=\"_blank\">the number of flu cases began to plummet.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do we have this magic wand to thank?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the folks at Hammacher Schlemmer comes this extraordinary device: Tests performed by an independent antimicrobial testing laboratory showed the wand destroyed 99.98% of the H1N1 virus after a five-second exposure when held 3\/4&#8243; above the contaminated surface. Also capable of killing MRSA, mold, and dust mites, the UV-C light penetrates viral and bacterial membranes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,9],"tags":[398,495,500],"class_list":["post-674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infectious-diseases","category-patient-care","category-policy","tag-h1n1","tag-infection-control","tag-influenza"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}