You can squash small bugs by stepping on them, but can you crush even tinier microorganisms like viruses and bacteria? It turns out that you’d need to apply a lot of pressure.

Please do not torment non-pathogenic microbes!

  • AdminWorker
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    1 year ago

    If i recall correctly, there was a centrifuge that spun so fast that the inner contact surface got 100000 PSI of pressure. Some scientists decided to check microbes before and after, and they were still there. Based on that recollection (assuming it is true), the chemicals on your shoe probably do more to microbes than the weight of a “step”