Re:The experiment that proved airborne disease transmission
by Gibbon1 on Sunday October 04, 2020 @01:40AM
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I tried looking into that this spring. I suspect the answer is for this virus not much. Nothing to indicate that any part of it's life cycle involves hanging around latent.
Interesting thing bacteria and some viruses have DNA repair enzymes that can fix damage from UV-C. Medically you're always bedeviled by bacterial and fungal spoors.
Limitations with UV-C sterilization I think prevents wider use. Not a magic bullet. Though it probably works well for influenza, colds, and this bat virus.
Interesting bit on how UV-C works to sterilize.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrimidine_dimer
Interesting thing bacteria and some viruses have DNA repair enzymes that can fix damage from UV-C. Medically you're always bedeviled by bacterial and fungal spoors.
Limitations with UV-C sterilization I think prevents wider use. Not a magic bullet. Though it probably works well for influenza, colds, and this bat virus.