I mean an academic is inherently going to be cautious about putting forth something like this until they are throughly convinced from a public health perspectiv

I mean an academic is inherently going to be cautious about putting forth something like this until they are throughly convinced from a public health perspective. But from an outside perspective there are likely plenty of lower stakes ways to take advantage of this. The example that occurs to me over was seeing UV disinfectants for tableware in restaurants 20 years ago in South Korea.