>anon finds 'strange' is a 'surface spray' can kill a vius
When US researchers tested commercial cleaning products against alternatives like vinegar and bicarbonate of soda, they discovered that neat vinegar killed a range of household pathogens.
As part of research aimed at preparing us for a flu pandemic, UK researchers found that malt vinegar, much like bleach and washing up liquid, can rapidly inactivate the flu virus.
More recently, US researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine found that vinegar efficiently killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis — the bacteria that causes tuberculosis — after 30 mins of exposure to a six per cent acetic solution.
Professor Peter Collignon, an infectious diseases physician at the Australian National University's medical school, says: "TB is a hard-to-kill bacteria, so the fact that it works against them means most other bacteria will likely be killed by vinegar as well."
Indeed, it could even be an effective and economical solution to laboratories and hospital settings in resource-poor countries.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2018-01-12/does-vinegar-really-kill-household-germs/8806878