Posted on 04/23/2020 11:16:34 PM PDT by McGruff
A technique that zaps airborne viruses with a narrow-wavelength band of UV light shows promise for curtailing the person-to-person spread of COVID-19 in indoor public places.
The technology, developed by Columbia University’s Center for Radiological Research, uses lamps that emit continuous, low doses of a particular wavelength of ultraviolent light, known as far-UVC, which can kill viruses and bacteria without harming human skin, eyes and other tissues, as is the problem with conventional UV light.
“Far-UVC light has the potential to be a ‘game changer,’” said David Brenner, professor of radiation biophysics and director of the center. “It can be safely used in occupied public spaces, and it kills pathogens in the air before we can breathe them in.”
The research team’s experiments have shown far-UVC effective in eradicating two types of airborne seasonal coronaviruses (the ones that cause coughs and colds). The researchers are now testing the light against the SARS-CoV-2 virus at Columbia in a biosafety laboratory, with encouraging results, Brenner said.
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I wonder if those indoor bug zappers produce produce enough UV to be of any service at all - other than attracting the occasional fruit fly.
It isn’t new. UV has been used for decades to sanitize.
Yeah, sounds right. Unfortunately . . .
Belay your ignorant snark for a minute, cowboy.
COVID may be a respiratory infection but the blood is compromised by the virus in the final stages. The severely inflamed lungs are spilling pus and virus throughout the system and the immune system is blowing fuses everywhere.
By killing off the blood-borne virus, the dialysis procedure may very well take enough pressure off the immune system to help quiet those cytokine storms that are killing the patient.
Try to connect to the positive end of the battery--you seem to be stuck on the other end where nothing is happening.
bttt
Mankind/Woman may have emitted such a light before the Fall.
It is a blood virus.
The lungs are failing due to blood clots.
Maker doesn’t know about the light catheter which is sent down the bronchus. That can destroy a lot of virons.
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