Can special lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts?

Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?::Can special lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts?

  • MagnorEnglish
    1512·
    5 months ago

    The issue with stuff that kills everything is that… Well it kills everything.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      5 months ago

      At this point, it’s clear that in small-scale settings, far-UV can kill the vast majority of pathogens present, which in turn would vastly reduce the risk of respiratory disease spread. It seems safe for human skin, and likely safe for human eyes, too.

      Luckily we are more thick skinned than a bacteria, who would have thought?

      • MagnorEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        That is indeed news to me! Wild stuff.