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by gewa 2289 days ago
Unfortunately viruses are not microorganisms.
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The Wikipedia page focused specifically on antimicrobial effects of copper calls out that it has some effect on viruses. I don’t know enough to say if this is the same as the oligodynamic effect or just something similar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_properties_of_co...

COVID-19 doesn't "survive" very long on copper surfaces.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033217v...