The article does mention the issue of safety and how to address it actually
Comment on Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?
EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 9 months ago
Without bothering to read the article, I look forward to sunburning my retinas like im at a crypto rave.
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 9 months ago
pearable@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
Joke aside, looks like they’re using a higher bandwidth of light, 222nm compared to more common 254nm uv for medical uses. It doesn’t penetrate the skin or eyes sufficiently to cause damage.
maness300@lemmy.world 9 months ago
What if, and hear me out,
What if…
What if… we just ran them when people weren’t in the room? 🤯
Crazy what happens when you can come up with your own thoughts instead of parroting reddit comments ad nauseam.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
What if… we just ran them when people weren’t in the room?
This is already a thing in many hospitals, and have been even before covid.
frezik@midwest.social 9 months ago
Won’t work in spaces where people are around all day, like offices, but it doesn’t matter. The eye and skin dangers are already addressed for the most part. The major remaing question is ozone and the VOCs it combines with.
skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
What if, i know, crazy idea but what if you read the fucking article in question?
CustodialTeapot@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Lemmy users don’t respond well to reasonable criticism or facts.
theneverfox@pawb.social 9 months ago
Ozone is a concern (it’s bad to breathe it), as is using it as a cheap way to do less proper ventilation
It also wouldn’t do much for things like COVID, where ventilation does help
scarabic@lemmy.world 9 months ago
And bleaching all materials in the room. And slowly destroying anything made of paper or plastic or wood.
jonne@infosec.pub 9 months ago
To be fair, nobody complained about getting COVID from that event.