{"id":9720,"date":"2021-03-25T14:30:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T14:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=9720"},"modified":"2021-03-26T06:43:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T06:43:00","slug":"a-microphone-could-be-spreading-covid-19-to-the-clergy-and-politiciansdan-kegode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=9720","title":{"rendered":"A microphone could be spreading covid 19 to the clergy and politicians:Duncan Kegode."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Could a microphone &#x1f3a4; be a super spreader\uff1f<\/em><\/strong><br>In the recent past many public speakers who use microphones have become victims of Covid-19 new strain. This provoked research on their common medium\/tools of communication and the use of shared microphone is singled out as a possible weak link in the fight against Covid-19-19 among celebs, singers, preachers and media personalities especially reporters and anchors. The following are areas of concern on the current use of microphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mic4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mic4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mic4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mic4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mic4-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mic4.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The microphone grill is a metal surface where coronavirus can survive the longest.<\/li><li>The speaker spits on the microphone while speaking.<\/li><li>The sanitizing is done on the handle of the microphone not the grill yet coronavirus is more contiguous through saliva than hands,<\/li><li>The microphone grill has openings that goes deep where the coronavirus is hardly reached by sanitizer.<\/li><li><\/li><li>The microphone should be soaked in sanitizer for seven minutes before use by the next speaker, only spraying of sanitizer is practiced.<\/li><li>Due to heavy breathing while using microphone many speakers remove their mask &#x1f637; for easier breathing.<\/li><li>The heavy breathing in and out can easily suck virus deep in the microphone openings.<br>Though the research is not conclusive it would be important for microphone users to take precautions as follows.<\/li><li>Soak the microphone grill for seven minutes before the next use.<\/li><li>Use the mask at all times when using the microphone.<\/li><li>The microphone should be two feet from the mouth and always below the mouth.<\/li><li>One microphone per person at any given time.<\/li><li>Strongly note that spraying of microphone is not adequate in eliminating the virus.<\/li><li>The use of disposable covers on the microphone would help where sharing of the microphone is inevitable.<br>This information is shared out of outmost faith.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignright columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mic5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9727\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mic5.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=9727\" class=\"wp-image-9727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mic5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mic5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mic5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mic5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mic5.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Journalists address a concerned man. He answers questions into the microphones. He is in his mid twenties and is wearing a suit with a yellow tie.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could a microphone &#x1f3a4; be a super spreader\uff1fIn the recent past many public speakers who use microphones have become victims of Covid-19 new strain. This provoked research on their common medium\/tools of communication and the use of shared microphone is singled out as a possible weak link in the fight against Covid-19-19 among celebs, singers, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-life-style","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9720"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9728,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9720\/revisions\/9728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}