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I got into a really pointless but interesting debate with one of my Japanese friends recently.
We were talking about the spread of COVID-19 and we were at a local cafe. The waiter brought us two cups of coffee and some cake with packaged wet towels. As you may be aware in most Western countries we don't use a wet towel before we eat (at least I never did.. especially if I'm using a fork). My Japanese friend told me "You should most definitely use that oshibori... especially now because the alcohol inside it can kill any virus". I asked him if he was sure that it contained rubbing alcohol and not chlorine dioxide or some other (weak) agent and he had no idea.
So my question is: do these disposable wipes all contain alcohol in them? I know the warm ones are just heated cloths with water but what about the disposable ones?
We were talking about the spread of COVID-19 and we were at a local cafe. The waiter brought us two cups of coffee and some cake with packaged wet towels. As you may be aware in most Western countries we don't use a wet towel before we eat (at least I never did.. especially if I'm using a fork). My Japanese friend told me "You should most definitely use that oshibori... especially now because the alcohol inside it can kill any virus". I asked him if he was sure that it contained rubbing alcohol and not chlorine dioxide or some other (weak) agent and he had no idea.
So my question is: do these disposable wipes all contain alcohol in them? I know the warm ones are just heated cloths with water but what about the disposable ones?