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118 points venkii | 1 comments | 22 Sep 25 21:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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mriet ◴[23 Sep 25 08:12 UTC] No.45344210[source]▶

Idiotic and massively overlooks/underestimates how complex biology is.

What about beneficial and neutral but important bacteria and viruses? "Air" is actually a complex soup of all types of things. This like applying HCl to a skin infection.

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1. mahrain ◴[23 Sep 25 08:15 UTC] No.45344236[source]▶

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Studying a building's microbiome is really a new field. What happens to people if offices become boxes of sterile air and -surfaces? We don't know.

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