Blow dryers spreading virus

Dear Editor:

Have you ever gone into a public washroom that has jet hand dryers?

The noise is incredible and so is the speed of air drying your hands!

So try to imagine someone who is infected with coronavirus, drying their hands while their deadly virus is being blown on to you and others!

This has been my main concern ever since I was in Walmart and in their washroom was a jet hand dryer blowing and howling away. Right away I thought that this is insane – this powerful machine will blow the virus all over us.

I am sure that by now you know the solution to staying safe in washrooms.

Take away the problem; shut down all the jet hand dryers by simply switching off their circuit breakers and replace them with paper towels mounted in holders over each sink at six feet apart. Now I can just hear the complaining: ‘This is too slow.’ Not true, after washing your hands, take a paper towel and dry your hands on the way to the door, place the towel on the door handle in case it has the virus on it and then drop it into the basket by the door. Not only faster but much safer!

For those of you who do everything right by staying at home, no handshakes, no hugs and of course social distancing, but once a month you have to go to your supermarket for food. Now all that care is down the drain when the washroom there has jet hand dryers. Don’t be shy, complain to the store manager and insist on them killing the circuit breakers and provide paper towels, or you will find another food market that’s safer.

I am finally writing this for you and our friends because for the last 2 months I have tried to shut down all those jet hand dryers in both Canada and the United States. I thought that our minister of health in Ottawa would help me. Wrong. She still has not replied to me. And that was March 22 when New York had only 114 deaths.

I am sure that some of those who have died, would have lived had the dryers been removed. So you can understand why my frustrations have grown. I hope that this has helped you to look out for your health and stay safe where you do your shopping.