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Germicidal UV could make airborne diseases as rare as those carried by water

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118 points venkii | 2 comments | 22 Sep 25 21:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.512s | 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. pjc50 ◴[23 Sep 25 08:33 UTC] No.45344353[source]▶
> What about beneficial and neutral but important bacteria and viruses?

Such as what? There are some located in the gut, but pretty much everything else out there is in conflict with our immune system.

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2. pazimzadeh ◴[23 Sep 25 10:07 UTC] No.45344987[source]▶
where are you getting this info?

almost every mucosal surface has commensal bacteria which can provide colonization resistance by other bacteria. lungs, skin, vagina, etc..