Can special lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts?

Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?::Can special lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts?

  • piecat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    11 months ago

    Sounds dangerous

    I have lights go out on me all the time at the office, just sitting mildly still. What happens if someone falls asleep in the room? Or worse a kid? Severe sunburn and possible blindness

    • JargonWagon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Or what if they’re black? I’ve read so many stories about sensors not detecting people simply because they have darker skin.

    • atthecoast@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Better presence sensors exist, and are only used in such critical situations. These are based on radar and sense the chest movements of people.