Posted on 02/13/2018 5:09:20 AM PST by Armen Hareyan
Public spaces such as subways, suburban trains, schools, or waiting rooms are breading grounds for germs that - especially in the fall and winter - contribute enormously to the spread of influenza and other types of viruses. Like many other illnesses, the flu is transmitted via droplet infections. That is, when talking, coughing, and sneezing infected individuals spray tiny droplets into common airspace, putting those around them at risk.
For a long time, scientists have been looking for ways to keep the air in public spaces "germ-free" - without endangering people with harmful chemicals.
Researchers at the University of Columbia in New York may have succeeded in doing so as they demonstrate in this video.
“breading grounds?” Extra crispy or regular?
That I don’t know. Is there a mistake there?
” Completely Germ Free”
Not a good goal. Do they think we are so stupid as to think that all germs are bad germs?
And there is no way that a lamp can eliminate all germs.
The Law of Unintended Consequences as skin cancer rates go through the roof. ;o)
Well, we’re all gunna die of sumthin’.
(Joycelyn Elders, Surgeon General)
The UV light needs to hit every surface in order for it to work. Any tiny crack or fold in a surface will leave an unexposed spot. Also if there is any grime or film on a surface the UV light may not penetrate deep enough. Do a simple experiment. With a ceiling light on (or the dome light of your car) look at all the spots that are still in a shadow.
You come into direct contact will billions of bacteria every single day. 99.99% or greater of these are either harmless or beneficial, like any ecosystem all life competes for a limited amount of resources. If you get rid of the harmless bacteria the dangerous ones can now take over.
You’ve been watching Counterpart.
Bingo. Germs are good. Ask any health care worker who rarely gets sick after a few years of working in health care facilities.
As we make our environment “cleaner”, more and stranger illnesses seem to appear. When we were little gaffers, playing in the dirt helped our immune systems become more robust. Now kids are kept away from anything potentially “dirty”, often by an OCD parent.
Sterilyzing lotion everywhere, constant supervision, stifling rules, it’s a wonder they can walk (they could fall over)!
When I was a kid, asthma was rare. Now it seems that 2 out of 3 kids has some form of it, even though the air is FAR less polluted than it was in the ‘60’s.
I don’t know what the answer is, other than we’re all gonna die someday.
Won’t be long before technology makes our world human-free. That’s the real goal behind it.
Many years ago, I was working with a group trying to use uv light to detect biological agents before they could be used on troops in the field. The uv light caused the biologics, such as anthrax, to fluoresce allowing them to be detected. However, the uv light also cause all biology to fluoresce making it useless to detect dangerous biologics from non-harmful such as simple mushroom spores. If uv light can be used to kill harmful germs, it will also kill harmless germs that just might be beneficial to mankind. If they can’t control for collateral damage, should they really be proposing such? The uv light doesn’t discriminate.
There was a study done on infants and a special bacteria that resides in their intestines that blocks other bacteria from entering the body through the intestine walls. This bacteria thrives on mother’s milk. Also most of the intestinal problems cropping up in kids and adults like cronies and such is linked to a lack of the good bacteria that is supposed to reside in the human body.
It’s been said that those working in schools get more illnesses in their 1st three years of employ, but after that they experience a lesser rate of illnesses than the general public.
Dangerous chemical avoidance is not the point. UV light exposure is damaging..sunburn, eye damage from looking at the sun for just a few seonds too long to lower intensity eye damage from UV light...look here:
There are MAJOR SHORT TERM RISKS with exposure to uv light.
Have a little machine which rolls down the aisle (when no passengers are inside), shining UV from several places, including arms on each side. It still won't get everything, but it will do a good job on the surfaces that humans might be touching.
UV light destroys your retina. Wear sunglasses on these buses.
UV is used in labs as one of the ways to cause genetic mutations in bacteria.
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