Re:The experiment that proved airborne disease transmission
by dehrmann on Sunday October 04, 2020 @02:53AM
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The real question is is there a safe wavelength and low enough power where you could swap out fluorescent tubes and effectively manage the virus.
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Re:The experiment that proved airborne disease transmission
by Symmetry on Sunday October 04, 2020 @07:40AM
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Yes, far UVC, 222 nm, won't penetrate your skin far enough to get to living cells and can be used around humans safely. It's a new technology, though, and not widely deployed.
Re:The experiment that proved airborne disease transmission
by hackerfromthefu on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:46AM
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Also light has very complex interactions with various of our biological symptoms, and I personally would be wary of unintended consequences without long term testing. e.g. it could interfere with sleep, or have other subtle effects
Re:The experiment that proved airborne disease transmission
by lifeisstillgood on Sunday October 04, 2020 @05:25AM
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I was imagining some kind of doorway device - but yeah, that's a really interesting approach.
Again, what is safe .. but it the infrastructure is there ...