The COVID-19 Pandemic, Part 2: Understanding the Efficacy of Oxidized Copper Compounds in Suppressing Infectious Aerosol-Based Virus Transmission

In CORROSION’S June 2020 editorial,1 we explored the COVID-192 pandemic and the antimicrobial function of copper and silver enabled by corrosion. Since that editorial was written, we have gone from 2.1 million confirmed infections and over 143,000 related deaths worldwide3 to 114,582,356 cases and 2,541,808 deaths as of March 1, 2021, according to the John Hopkins University COVID-19 Dashboard.3A cause of this large increase is the high rate of...