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UVB kills covid, and sunlight is a pretty good disinfectant in general. https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/222/2/214/5841129?login=false https://academic.oup
by altcognito 1y ago
UVB kills covid, and sunlight is a pretty good disinfectant in general.
https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/222/2/214/5841129?login=false https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/222/2/214/5841129?login...
https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/study-reveals-ultraviolet-light-exposure-has-antiviral-effects-on-covid-19-variants/ https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/study-reveals-ultravio...
I think the idea that sunlight doesn't breakdown the virus comes from people trying to "cure" cases of covid-19 with sunshine, which yeah, that's not going ot work.
- dreamcompiler 1y agoUVB does work but it takes longer than UVC. So long that if you try to use it to disinfect skin, it's likely to give you sunburn before it kills much of the virus. https://www.nationalacademies.org/based-on-science/covid-19-does-ultraviolet-light-kill-the-coronavirus https://www.nationalacademies.org/based-on-science/covid-19-... Contrast Far-UVC (200-235 nm), which kills the virus quickly and yet does not seem to cause skin or corneal damage, despite being more energetic than UVB. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-UVC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-UVC
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- xattt 1y agoPeople often dry their clothes for several hours during the day to take advantage of the sun.