[CED/CD/EAT] FW: Appreciate your continued work

Tue Apr 28 12:47:24 MST 2020

FYI....

Jeffrey C. Silvertooth, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Director for Extension & Economic Development
Division of Agriculture, Life, & Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension
Forbes 301, Bldg. #36
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ       85721-0036
520-621-7205

From: Burgess, Shane C - (shaneburgess) <sburgess at cals.arizona.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 11:24 AM
To: Gerba, Charles P - (gerba) <gerba at ag.arizona.edu>
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Subject: Appreciate your continued work

Chuck, this may seem like a broken record, but many thanks for continuing to work with local, state, and national media to tell the story of your work!

Here's what disinfectants and UV light really do to your body

  *   WIRED, 4/28/20<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=da52b7e35b34be2eabcdc0a24&id=c6a4779ce2&e=0461b5a484>

While medical treatments and disinfectants have a common goal - killing germs - experts say their mechanisms are completely different, and they are designed for different environments. As helpful as they are at killing germs on your kitchen table or door handles, bleach and disinfectants are indiscriminate destroyers, disintegrating human cells as well as microbes. "If you look at it under a microscope, you can see the organism slowly dissolving," said Charles Gerba, an environmental microbiologist at the University of Arizona.

Hello, social distancing. Goodbye, handshakes?

  *   Reuters, 4/28/20<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=da52b7e35b34be2eabcdc0a24&id=5c1347d710&e=0461b5a484>

The new coronavirus has forced people to rethink the handshake. No matter how friendly, it is an exchange of potentially infectious microorganisms. "Think about it," said Charles Gerba, a microbiologist and public health researcher at the University of Arizona. "Every time you touch a surface, you may be picking up up to 50 percent of the organisms on that surface."

7 coronavirus protection strategies for seniors

  *   Consumer Reports, 4/28/20<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=da52b7e35b34be2eabcdc0a24&id=1764c7a6a8&e=0461b5a484>

Continuing coverage: While COVID-19 fears have spurred people to practice good hand hygiene, it is a habit that older adults should practice year-round to help reduce the risks of infection from all types of germs, said Charles Gerba, a professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona.

Should you take your shoes off while indoors?

  *   Architectural Digest, 4/24/20<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=da52b7e35b34be2eabcdc0a24&id=827778a131&e=0461b5a484>

Continuing coverage: According to a 2008 study published by Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, the average shoe sole is covered with 421,000 bacteria, viruses and parasites.

Researchers study risk of COVID-19 in treated sewage*

  *   East Oregonian, 4/25/20<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=da52b7e35b34be2eabcdc0a24&id=282ff31b39&e=0461b5a484>
  *   KSAZ-TV, 4/24/20<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=da52b7e35b34be2eabcdc0a24&id=5817c5c28f&e=0461b5a484>
  *   KJZZ-Radio, 4/24/20<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=da52b7e35b34be2eabcdc0a24&id=ca03aac43f&e=0461b5a484>
  *   AZ Big Media, 4/26/20<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=da52b7e35b34be2eabcdc0a24&id=3f51bdd000&e=0461b5a484>

Continuing coverage: Researchers at the University of Arizona Water and Energy Sustainable Technology Center are testing wastewater across the country to trace coronavirus prevalence in communities and help public health officials better prepare for the future. This content originated with a news release: https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/uarizona-tracking-coronavirus-through-wastewater-across-us<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=da52b7e35b34be2eabcdc0a24&id=cfa854493b&e=0461b5a484>

Make our long haul shorter: keep healthy and keep people working-- lead by example to suppress SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

To decrease cortisol's insidious health affects and avoid burn out, I'm back to regular email practices. Please use URGENT in the subject line of emails to me only if they actually are; when sending URGENT emails outside of our "normal hours" please text me to look at my email. Individual personnel SARS-CoV-2 INFECTION or overt COVID-19 is an IMMEDIATE PERSONNEL WELLBEING issue and must be marked URGENT, just like any other individual personnel wellbeing issues should continue to be.

Please use "Time sensitive" in the subject line of emails when appropriate but DO NOT text me.

Shane C. Burgess
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