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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?

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[-] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 40 points 10 months ago

Because it's great at killing things, including human skin. Seriously, my local gym has people practically sign their life away before letting them into a UV-A/B tanning booth. No way are you putting the even worse UV-C bulbs out in public. That's how people got their retinas fried at a crypto conference in Hong Kong last year.

[-] PutangInaMo@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Yo what?! You have a link about that retina destroying conference?

[-] Gumus@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/06/guests-bored-ape-event-hong-kong-vision-problems

It was a Bored Ape event "ApeFest' in November. They used harmful UV bulbs instead of regular black light for decoration.

[-] PutangInaMo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

That's wild! Appreciate the follow up.

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